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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Write?
What ------------------ ?
a do you write
b you write
c you're writing
d are you writing
I think this question is incorrect because we can use both a and d as an answer. Am I right?
a do you write
b you write
c you're writing
d are you writing
I think this question is incorrect because we can use both a and d as an answer. Am I right?
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(a) is correct English, but is markedly less usual and needs some kind of prior context. : — I spend all my time writing. — What do you write?
- (a) is correct English, but is markedly less usual and needs some kind of prior context.
- : — I spend all my time writing.
- — What do you write?
- e.
- ") (d), on the other hand, can be asked without any prior context, when someone is observed to be writing.
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(a) is correct English, but is markedly less usual and needs some kind of prior context. E.g.:
— I spend all my time writing.
— What do you write?
(i.e. "What kind of thing do you write?")
(d), on the other hand, can be asked without any prior context, when someone is observed to be writing. If you used (a) in that situation then you would sound like something out of a pe
— I spend all my time writing.
— What do you write?
(i.e. "What kind of thing do you write?")
(d), on the other hand, can be asked without any prior context, when someone is observed to be writing. If you used (a) in that situation then you would sound like something out of a pe
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