Comments on: What Does vs. What Do

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:37:10 +0000

“Jesus loves me and so do my teachers.”

By: Judy

Judy — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:34:07 +0000

Which of these are correct:

Jesus loves me and so does my teachers!

Jesus loves me and so do my teachers!

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:07:58 +0000

The word “you” always takes a plural verb.

By: David

David — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:58:15 +0000

When I say “What do you think?” I interpret “you” to be singular. Why isn’t it “What does you think”?

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:00:25 +0000

What time does the movie start?

By: Jalal

Jalal — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 06:50:53 +0000

Thank you very much. I like your website.
Can you answer this question.
Which is correct:
(1) What time does the movie start?
(2) What time does the movie starts?

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:22:44 +0000

“Luscious orchards captivate you” works.
However, “Luscious orchards will captivate you” or “Let our luscious orchards captivate you” would be even better.

By: ravi bedi

ravi bedi — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 07:01:36 +0000

Now if we remove array from this example; will the following be correct:

Luscious orchards captivate you.

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:32:28 +0000

Our array of luscious orchards captivates you.
“Array” is the subject and is singular. “Captivates” is also singular because you’d say “he captivates, they captivate.”

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:11:43 +0000

Captivates or captivate? Orchards is the closest noun to the verb, but it seems like array is the subject and “luscious orchards” is just an additional phrase.

“Our array of luscious orchards captivates you.”

After looking at your examples of subject-verb agreement, it seems that the plural form of the verb is needed, but I just wanted to double check b/c it still does not sound right.

Thanks!