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Perspolis Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Why don't you / Why you don't

Hello everybody!

Which one looks correct?

1- Why you don't go to watch TV like everybody else?

2- Why don't you go to watch TV like everybody else?

I went on a search around the internet and I found both of them being used frequently.

Thanks
  

Top answer

perspolis Why don't you go In a direct question such as you have here, the subject and verb must be inverted. Statement: You don't go ... Question: Don't you go ...

— CalifJim

  • perspolis Why don't you go In a direct question such as you have here, the subject and verb must be inverted.
  • Statement: You don't go ...
  • Question: Don't you go ...
  • The first one is not correct, no matter how many times you found it on the internet!
  • CJ
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perspolisWhy don't you go
In a direct question such as you have here, the subject and verb must be inverted.
Statement: You don't go ... .

Question: Don't you go ... ?
The first one is not correct, no matter how many times you found it on the internet!
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