The interrogative pronoun “who” without using the auxiliary “did” in a question [on hold]
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1) Talking to a teacher friend of mine, he considered correct questions like: "who needed it?" or "who studied for the test?"
2) Is he really right? Asking in the most usual way like "who did need it?" or "who did study for the test?", is correct, too?
3) Is there a rule in grammar that explains item 1 if it is right?
Thank you very much.
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1) Talking to a teacher friend of mine, he considered correct questions like: "who needed it?" or "who studied for the test?"
2) Is he really right? Asking in the most usual way like "who did need it?" or "who did study for the test?", is correct, too?
3) Is there a rule in grammar that explains item 1 if it is right?
Thank you very much.
auxiliary-verbs
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He is right, this is the normal way to phrase those questions. For more detailed analysis of the grammar, the why, we will migrate this post to our more specialized sister site, English Language Learners.
– Dan Bron
Nov 23 at 21:42
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You may be getting things mixed up with cases where who(m) is an object in the sentence, rather than the subject. In such cases, do-support is indeed the norm (“Who(m) did you see?”, “Who(m) are you talking to?”). Not when who is the subject, though: do-support sounds very unnatural there, unless you’re using it to emphasise the verb (“So you didn’t study, and you didn’t study, and he didn’t study, and I didn’t study either… so who did study for the test?”).
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Nov 23 at 22:40
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1) Talking to a teacher friend of mine, he considered correct questions like: "who needed it?" or "who studied for the test?"
2) Is he really right? Asking in the most usual way like "who did need it?" or "who did study for the test?", is correct, too?
3) Is there a rule in grammar that explains item 1 if it is right?
Thank you very much.
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1) Talking to a teacher friend of mine, he considered correct questions like: "who needed it?" or "who studied for the test?"
2) Is he really right? Asking in the most usual way like "who did need it?" or "who did study for the test?", is correct, too?
3) Is there a rule in grammar that explains item 1 if it is right?
Thank you very much.
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put on hold as off-topic by Jason Bassford, Dan Bron, Jim, Mark Beadles, Centaurus Nov 23 at 22:30
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
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put on hold as off-topic by Jason Bassford, Dan Bron, Jim, Mark Beadles, Centaurus Nov 23 at 22:30
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He is right, this is the normal way to phrase those questions. For more detailed analysis of the grammar, the why, we will migrate this post to our more specialized sister site, English Language Learners.
– Dan Bron
Nov 23 at 21:42
1
You may be getting things mixed up with cases where who(m) is an object in the sentence, rather than the subject. In such cases, do-support is indeed the norm (“Who(m) did you see?”, “Who(m) are you talking to?”). Not when who is the subject, though: do-support sounds very unnatural there, unless you’re using it to emphasise the verb (“So you didn’t study, and you didn’t study, and he didn’t study, and I didn’t study either… so who did study for the test?”).
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Nov 23 at 22:40
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He is right, this is the normal way to phrase those questions. For more detailed analysis of the grammar, the why, we will migrate this post to our more specialized sister site, English Language Learners.
– Dan Bron
Nov 23 at 21:42
1
You may be getting things mixed up with cases where who(m) is an object in the sentence, rather than the subject. In such cases, do-support is indeed the norm (“Who(m) did you see?”, “Who(m) are you talking to?”). Not when who is the subject, though: do-support sounds very unnatural there, unless you’re using it to emphasise the verb (“So you didn’t study, and you didn’t study, and he didn’t study, and I didn’t study either… so who did study for the test?”).
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Nov 23 at 22:40
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He is right, this is the normal way to phrase those questions. For more detailed analysis of the grammar, the why, we will migrate this post to our more specialized sister site, English Language Learners.
– Dan Bron
Nov 23 at 21:42
He is right, this is the normal way to phrase those questions. For more detailed analysis of the grammar, the why, we will migrate this post to our more specialized sister site, English Language Learners.
– Dan Bron
Nov 23 at 21:42
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You may be getting things mixed up with cases where who(m) is an object in the sentence, rather than the subject. In such cases, do-support is indeed the norm (“Who(m) did you see?”, “Who(m) are you talking to?”). Not when who is the subject, though: do-support sounds very unnatural there, unless you’re using it to emphasise the verb (“So you didn’t study, and you didn’t study, and he didn’t study, and I didn’t study either… so who did study for the test?”).
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Nov 23 at 22:40
You may be getting things mixed up with cases where who(m) is an object in the sentence, rather than the subject. In such cases, do-support is indeed the norm (“Who(m) did you see?”, “Who(m) are you talking to?”). Not when who is the subject, though: do-support sounds very unnatural there, unless you’re using it to emphasise the verb (“So you didn’t study, and you didn’t study, and he didn’t study, and I didn’t study either… so who did study for the test?”).
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Nov 23 at 22:40
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He is right, this is the normal way to phrase those questions. For more detailed analysis of the grammar, the why, we will migrate this post to our more specialized sister site, English Language Learners.
– Dan Bron
Nov 23 at 21:42
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You may be getting things mixed up with cases where who(m) is an object in the sentence, rather than the subject. In such cases, do-support is indeed the norm (“Who(m) did you see?”, “Who(m) are you talking to?”). Not when who is the subject, though: do-support sounds very unnatural there, unless you’re using it to emphasise the verb (“So you didn’t study, and you didn’t study, and he didn’t study, and I didn’t study either… so who did study for the test?”).
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Nov 23 at 22:40