singular subject but verb changes depending on statement or question
I'm married to a non-native English speaker so I often get to correct his English. However, I can't always explain WHY one way is correct and the other is not.
I heard him ask a customer, "Where does your dad lives?"
I realized in statement form "lives" is correct. "My dad lives here." But in question form, "lives" becomes "live" and I don't know why.
Why does "live" change to "lives" in this case: Where does your dad live? My dad lives in the city. Both cases refer to a singular person "dad".
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I'm married to a non-native English speaker so I often get to correct his English. However, I can't always explain WHY one way is correct and the other is not.
I heard him ask a customer, "Where does your dad lives?"
I realized in statement form "lives" is correct. "My dad lives here." But in question form, "lives" becomes "live" and I don't know why.
Why does "live" change to "lives" in this case: Where does your dad live? My dad lives in the city. Both cases refer to a singular person "dad".
grammatical-number
asked 4 mins ago
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I'm married to a non-native English speaker so I often get to correct his English. However, I can't always explain WHY one way is correct and the other is not.
I heard him ask a customer, "Where does your dad lives?"
I realized in statement form "lives" is correct. "My dad lives here." But in question form, "lives" becomes "live" and I don't know why.
Why does "live" change to "lives" in this case: Where does your dad live? My dad lives in the city. Both cases refer to a singular person "dad".
grammatical-number
asked 4 mins ago
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I'm married to a non-native English speaker so I often get to correct his English. However, I can't always explain WHY one way is correct and the other is not.
I heard him ask a customer, "Where does your dad lives?"
I realized in statement form "lives" is correct. "My dad lives here." But in question form, "lives" becomes "live" and I don't know why.
Why does "live" change to "lives" in this case: Where does your dad live? My dad lives in the city. Both cases refer to a singular person "dad".
grammatical-number
grammatical-number
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