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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

What troubles you now? What does trouble you now?

0 Is there any difference in meaning between the following sentences? If you asked me, I would say the difference lies in the register.02br
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02br 00Not register (which means formality). #2 is uncommon and is used only for emphasis. 0-

— Mister Micawber

  • 02br 00Not register (which means formality).
  • #2 is uncommon and is used only for emphasis.
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00Not register (which means formality). #2 is uncommon and is used only for emphasis. 0-
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0A: What troubles you now? Your job?02br
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00B: No, my job is fine.02br
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00A: Your family?02br
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00B: No, my family is not a problem.02br
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00A: Money?02br
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00B: No, I have no money troubles.02br
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00A: Well, what 01i00does02i00 troub
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0 Mr Micawber, I always thought 01i00register02i00 could be formal or informal. What do you say? I'm asking you about this because you said ''register (which means formality)''.02br
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00Khoff, isn't only the second sentence grammatically correct? Perhaps, the first one is just idiomatic. 0-
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0Jackson, are you saying that you think "What troubles you now?" is not grammatically correct? What makes you think that? I don't see anything wrong with it at all.0-
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01cite10Jackson661212cite10Is there any difference in meaning between the following sentences? If you asked me, I would say the difference lies in the register.12br
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101: What troubles you now?12br
102: What does trouble you now?12blockquote
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00My own
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01cite10khoff12cite10Jackson, are you saying that you think "What troubles you now?" is not grammatically correct? What makes you think that? I don't see anything wrong with it at all.12br
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10Hi Khoff,02br
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00Yes, I think that that sentence is not grammatically correct. Because i
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0What keeps you up at night?02br
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00Who says those sorts of things?02br
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00Who irons their underpants?02br
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00What happens during those meetings?0-
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0 Hi,02br
01i00Do you have a car? What do you have? - 02i00The subject is01i01b00 you02b02i00, and so you need subject-verb inversion, often with the help of an auxiliary (in this case01b01i00 do02i02b00)02br
01i00Who cares? Who assassinated George? What looks like a cat
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