how many people + verb ?

demir · #1 05-Dec-2006, 21:07

Which sentence is correct:

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

Thanks in advance.

Coffa · #2 05-Dec-2006, 21:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by demir

Which sentence is correct:

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

Thanks in advance.

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

human_545 · #3 14-Feb-2007, 08:54

How many people do live in the vallige?

angliholic · #4 14-Feb-2007, 09:12

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Originally Posted by human_545

How many people do live in the vallige?

Yes, it's possible as Coffa said in last posting. Here we could rephrase the base sentence like the following:

How many people indeed(=do) live in the village?

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