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bassexpander
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 Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:09 pm Post subject: Grammar question |
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Why are you and Vanessa so nervous today?
I have two final exams tomorrow, __________.
Answer: and she does too.
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and so does she.
A student asked me the infamous "WHY" question. He's looking for a rule that I can't seem to remember, or come up with.
Why is it "does" here? |
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Thiuda
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:39 am Post subject: |
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| Subject-Verb agreement. |
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ernie
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| Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| i would say that saying "she does too" is a shorthand way of saying what you really mean: "She has two final exams tomorrow". |
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