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If you and two other people were in a room, and you needed to ask them for water, would you say to them Do either of you have water? , or does either of you have water? ? 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. (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. In 1, does it work is a complete question, also known as an interrogative clause. Notice the inversion of it and does, which are the subject and the modal auxiliary verb, respectively. 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 purchase the item in question, but no implication is made either way. When you ask How much would it cost to [x], there is a stronger implication that you're wanting to buy the item you're discussing. 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. 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 '. What does by mean if we are talking about a date? Ask Question Asked 10 years ago Modified 5 years, 3 months ago 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? 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?.

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