
Do you really answer "How do you do?" with "How do you do?"
Mar 15, 2011 · I would feel insulted if someone responded to my "How do you do" with another "how do you do". If you dont mean to ask people how they are doing, then hello, goodmorning, etc should …
What do or what does? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
Nov 25, 2016 · In "What do/does a baby Range Rover and Altoids have in common?" the subject of the composite verb "do/does have" is "a baby Range Rover and Altoids", which is plural.
"Do it" versus "do that" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
do that is most used when there's a very specific action in question do that can also be used to contrast two different actions, e.g. "Do that and not this." As a general imperative, prefer do it. With the two …
Asking a question: DO or ARE? - English Language Learners Stack …
May 14, 2017 · When should you ask a question with "do", and when with "are"? In other words, Are you going to Spain next week? Do you like Chinese food? What is the rule here? We don't sa...
usage - "Do you know" vs. "Did you know" - English Language Learners ...
Mar 2, 2021 · For example "Do you know that the 8:40 train has been cancelled?". "Did you know?" is used, in my experience, for interesting rather than immediately useful information such as "Did you …
What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
Aug 23, 2014 · Our numbers have a specific two-letter combination that tells us how the number sounds. For example 9th 3rd 301st What do we call these special sounds?
"To be is to do" — "To do is to be" — "Do-be-do-be-do": what does …
This is supposed to be humorous. The first two lines are contemplations on life and are supposed to be very profound. They were spoken by very famous philosophers from Greek history who talk about life …
word usage - What does "do" mean in "What do I do"? - English …
Feb 3, 2013 · What does "do" mean in "What do I do?" I think it means "What do I usually do?", but I don't know why anyone would ask what they usually do. Does it mean something else?
"Do you know what IS IT?" vs "Do you know what IT IS?"
1) Do you know what is it? 2) Do you know what it is? I kinda do a Google research on this and basically most people say it should be the first one but unfortunately the correct one is the second one. Why it …
grammar - "Do you think that...?" vs "Do you think if...?" - English ...
Feb 23, 2019 · The example with if in Do you think if this this car works is not grammatical. You can use if in this way with know, as in I don't know if this works, but it doesn't work with think as is *I don't …