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(I assume you mean Does this belong to you? You can't use is because do is the auxiliary verb we use when forming questions. From the Cambridge Grammar website: Do is one of three auxiliary verbs in English: be, do, have. We use do to make negatives (do + not), to make question forms, and to make the verb more emphatic. That file doesn't exist. In any verb construction (auxiliaries + lexical verb) only the first is inflected for tense, person and number. In your example does is the first verb in the construction does exist. Auxiliary do always takes an infinitive (plain) form as its complement: exist. You would get the same answer to each question whether you used would or does; both questions ask for the price of the action mentioned. There is a slight difference in the implication of why you're asking, but the information you want is the same. When you ask How much does it cost to [x], you're simply asking for information. You could be asking out of pure curiosity, or because you want to. does staring at this will hurt my eyes? does teaching will make me more patient? The subjects in your sentences are staring and teaching. The auxiliary you should have is will (if there's another auxiliary, we never need DO!). To make the question we move the auxiliary in front of the subject like this: Will staring at this hurt my eyes? Why does 0.00 have zero significant figures and why throw out the implied precision? Ask Question Asked 2 years, 8 months ago Modified 1 year ago 11 discord means disagreement. There is an application, named Discord , for online conversation. Does discord have another meaning which is probably more suited for the application, or is the application intended for disagreement? Isn't Discourse more suitable for the application? 3 Your second sentence is correct, as ' does ' is a third person singular verb*. You are talking that sentence as though it was in third person, so therefore it is correct. Your first sentence, however is incorrect. You should either replace the ' do ' with ' does ', or you should change ' philosophy ' into ' philosophies '. 16 What does 'replace' in 'Sample with Replacement' mean? Is it to take out an item, then to replace it with another item before the next pick? Or, take out an item, then put it back in? When do I use is or does when I ask a question? For example, Is your item still for sale? Does your item still for sale? I am not sure which one to use. What does by mean if we are talking about a date? Ask Question Asked 10 years ago Modified 5 years, 3 months ago.

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