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Bookmark or Share- When to use "is" vs. "does" when asking a question?When the verb in a statement is neither a primary auxiliary verb (be, have, do) nor a modal auxiliary verb (will, would, can, could, may, might, shall, should, must, ought to, used to), do is used to form a question from it.
- "He doesn't" vs "He don't" - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeHe does not eat meat. He do not eat meat. Now we can see very clearly that the latter is grammatically incorrect. Whether you should use doesn't or don't depends on whether the subject is singular or plural: He doesn't speak French. They don't speak French.
- grammaticality - "who doesn't" vs. "who don't" - English Language ...It's users, plural.The verb has to agree. Users buy X. Users don't buy Y. Users who don't buy Z. Saying "users who doesn't buy something" would be ungrammatical.
- word choice - "Do/Does not" vs "Will not" - English Language Learners ...Taking the prefatory clause "If you will not leave tonight", the connotation is that the subject of this clause can decide whether he "does" or "does not" leave. The clause "If you do not leave tonight" is similar overall but has the connotation that whether the subject wants to leave or not may not be the final say in the matter.
- grammar - Usage of "do not " vs "does not" - English Language & Usage ...'Does' is only used in singular, third person. In other cases, 'do' is used. (The addition of 'not' does not matter.) Therefore, 1a. and 2a. are correct. In the first sentence, 'the way' is the subject - hence the singular form ('does') is used. In the second sentence, 'the entries' is plural so you need the plural form 'do'.
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