2025年1月22日 · Sometimes Do / Does / Did are used in positive sentences to give special emphasis. Note that when speaking, the word (do/does/did) is stressed. I do want to go. (We put stress on the word DO to emphasize that we want to go) You do need to take an umbrella. He does like spinach. (You may be surprised but yes, he likes spinach) I did study ...

To be is to do. —Socrates To do is to be. —Plato Do-be-do-be-do. —Sinatra I saw it on some shirts or somewhere. I don’t understand what it means when those sentences are put together.

2025年2月18日 · To make a question in English we normally use Do or Does. It is normally put at the beginning of the question (before the subject). Affirmative: You speak Spanish. Question: Do you speak Spanish? You will see that we add DO at the beginning of the affirmative sentence to make it a question. We use Do when the subject is I, you, we or they.

When all the elements are plural, the verb is plural. When the elements do not agree in number, some grammarians have suggested that the verb should agree in number with the nearest element: Tom or his sisters are coming. The girls or their brother is coming. Cold symptoms or headache is the usual first sign.

Possible Duplicate: Singular or plural following a list James and Mark are going to help you. Here, I use 'are' because the subject is plural. James or Mark are going to help you. James or Mark is

That's all you need to do to turn this statement into a question. You don't need to do anything to the object of know . An exception: As F.E. noted in the comments, there's a children's game called " tag " where one person is called "it".

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Both refer to walking home in the future, but the first statement is used when referring to the next thing you are going to do i.e. during after school, while the second statement can be used anytime from the day before to just before going to school. Also, there are instances when one or the other can not be used. For example, I will be good ...

To do your due diligence is now usually used simply to mean checking off every activity you need to complete before making a decision, so that you are not legally liable if your choice comes back to bite you. e.g. consulting the marketing and legal department before changing your brand name. To summarize: "due diligence" = "ass covering"