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Cibele
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Hi!
Can you tell me if this sentence is correct?
Do his children play basketball every day?
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25 Jan 2011
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Redbull
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Hi Cib,
Sorry but it �s wrong!
It should go like this..................
DOES HIS CHILDREN PLAY BASKETBALL,FOOTBALL,TENNIS EVERYDAY?
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25 Jan 2011
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LittleSunshine11
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Hi Redbull,
isn �t CHILDREN a plural word and needs a plural verb?
So I �d say Do his children play basketball every day? is perfectly fine!
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25 Jan 2011
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Redbull
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not in this case sorry but generally speaking yes your right!
HERE DO Vs DOES .......
EXAMPLE:
Do you know if his children plays football? Vs Does his children play football?
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25 Jan 2011
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douglas
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"Do his children..." is correct, NOT "does his children..."
Sunshine is 100% correct.
Redbull wrote:
Do you know if his children plays football? Vs Does his children play football? {should be play and do}
--in both cases the subject and verb do not agree.
Children is plural and is treated so, the singular of children is child |
25 Jan 2011
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PhilipR
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Redbull is definitely hallucinating... (I hope)
Red Bull fries your brains, you know... |
25 Jan 2011
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Redbull
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DO= I,YOU,THEY,WE. DOES=HE,SHE,HIS,HER PAST TENSE DID= I,YOU,THEY,WE,HE,SHE,HIS,HER.
British English :)
Does he,she have children? using the two words does and children ......
Philip am I hallucinating....... here this just doesn�t sound right to me ��GRAMMER�� |
25 Jan 2011
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arkel
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Does his CHILD (singular) play football?
Do his CHILDREN (plural) play football?
It �s not the word �his � which detrmines the verb form here, Redbull, but the NOUN which follows.
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25 Jan 2011
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t.gyorgyi
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Hi,
child - only one => he / she => does
children - at least TWO => they => do
His children = they => do
Hope it helps!
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25 Jan 2011
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Redbull
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I �ve got to stop drinking my redbull!!!!!! it just didn �t sound right :( |
25 Jan 2011
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