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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

What would you have done vs. What would have you done.

Hi there,

I've got a question concerning the sentence "What would you have done vs. What would have you done." I saw that in an English test that German students (grade 8) had to take. To me the first option sounds right but is the second option necessarily wrong? To me it sounds like a wrong sentence structure but since I'm German myself I wanted to ask whether you can tell me more about it!

Thanks in advance!
  

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The second is not English sentence structure. The first unit of the verb phrase inverts with the subject in question construction. I would have done something / What would you have done?

— Mister Micawber

  • The second is not English sentence structure.
  • The first unit of the verb phrase inverts with the subject in question construction.
  • I would have done something / What would you have done?
  • The mayor might be watching / Might the mayor be watching?
  • The dog has been sleeping on my hat / Where has the dog been sleeping?
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The second is not English sentence structure. The first unit of the verb phrase inverts with the subject in question construction.

I would have done something / What would you have done?

The mayor might be watching / Might the mayor be watching?

The dog has been sleeping on my hat / Where has the dog been sleeping?
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Is this English correct. What would you have done

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