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Old 05-Dec-2006, 21:35
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Default Re: how many people + verb ?
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Originally Posted by demir View Post
Which sentence is correct:

How many people live in the village?
How many people do live in the village?

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They are both correct. The auxiliary 'do' is only used for emphasis though. In speech, it would be strongly stressed.
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