[Grammar] Exercise daily

Context : Asking a friend if he is doing exercise to build up body.

1. Do you exercise daily?
2. Do you do exercise daily?

Please advise me which is the correct one among these two questions. And tell me the words(slangs) that can be replaced for exercise.

Thanks in Advance.

Keralite said:

Context : Asking a friend if he is doing exercise to build up body.

1. Do you exercise daily?
2. Do you do exercise daily?

Please advise me which is the correct one among these two questions. And tell me the words(slangs) that can be replaced for exercise.

Thanks in Advance.

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Do you exercise daily?

or, if he has some specific regimen, Do you do your exercises daily?

But I would say "Do you work out every day?" (I'm in Canada)

Keralite said:

Context : Asking a friend if he is doing exercise to build up body.

1. Do you exercise daily?
2. Do you do exercise daily?

Please advise me which is the correct one among these two questions. And tell me the words(slangs) that can be replaced for exercise.

Thanks in Advance.

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I think first one is more correct then second & you can also say instead of it that" do you exert yourself daily?" But exercise is the more suitable one in this situation.
Thanks to notifying me.

you can also say instead of it that" do you exert yourself daily?"

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That is changing the meaning considerably IMO.

zainab shah said:

I think first one is more correct then second & you can also say instead of it that" do you exert yourself daily?" But exercise is the more suitable one in this situation.
Thanks to notifying me.

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This does not mean the same as "do you exercise daily". And your sentence would only be appropriate in specific contexts. If someone just asked me that, I'd think they're weird.

What about
Do you have a daily workout routine?

And keeping in mind 'exercise' can be an uncountable noun, I see no good reason why one cannot say

Do you do/take daily exercise?

:roll:

Verona_82 said:

What about
Do you have a daily workout routine?

And keeping in mind 'exercise' can be an uncountable noun, I see no good reason why one cannot say

Do you do/take daily exercise?

:roll:

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Do you have a daily workout routine? This is more specific. When I ask "Do you exercise every day?", I really asks if they do any kind of activity that can be called exercise. A workout routine is something more organized, like going to a gym or whatever.

Do you do/take daily exercise? I suppose so. "Take" sounds British to me, but I'm not sure about that.

If it's more conversational, I'm more likely to say "Do you get exercise every day?" (in Canada).

Tdol said:

That is changing the meaning considerably IMO.

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Ok sir .
So can you please explain its meaning "Do you exert yourself daily?" As I thought them same.
Thanks in advanced.......

Keralite said:

Context : Asking a friend if he is doing exercise to build up body.

1. Do you exercise daily?
2. Do you do exercise daily?

Please advise me which is the correct one among these two questions. And tell me the words(slangs) that can be replaced for exercise.

Thanks in Advance.

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The first one is correct (Do you exercise daily?). Also, "Do you workout (every day)?", "Do you go to the gym?"

freezeframe said:

If it's more conversational, I'm more likely to say "Do you get exercise every day?" (in Canada).

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Which Canada would that be? :lol:

Keralite said:

Context : Asking a friend if he is doing exercise to build up body.

1. Do you exercise daily?
2. Do you do exercise daily?

Please advise me which is the correct one among these two questions. And tell me the words(slangs) that can be replaced for exercise.

Thanks in Advance.

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They are both good in AusE, and they mean the same.
Doing exercise = exercising.
But we'd say 'every day', rather than 'daily' in your sentences.

You can use 'daily' as an adjective, rather than an adverb in, "Do you do daily exercise?" (where 'do' is the verb and 'exercise' is the noun), but not "Do you daily exercise?" (where 'exercise' is the verb).

Soup said:

Which Canada would that be? :lol:

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How many do you know of?

freezeframe said:

How many do you know of?

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Oh, just the one, eh. ;-)

Soup said:

Oh, just the one, eh. ;-)

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OK. And? Is this related to one of my posts above?

Verona_82 said:

What about
Do you have a daily workout routine?

And keeping in mind 'exercise' can be an uncountable noun, I see no good reason why one cannot say

Do you do/take daily exercise?

:roll:

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***** NOT A TEACHER *****


(1) I do not think that many native-born Americans would ever

say "Do you take daily exercise?"

(a) Perhaps it's more idiomatic (the way native speakers use the

language) to ask: Do you exercise every day?/ Do you get some

daily exercise?/ Do you work out? might be appropriate for

younger people, but would sound humorous if a senior citizen

(old person) such as I said, "I work out every day." "Work out"

often carries the meaning of using weights, barbells, etc. For

us senior citizens, "exercise" might = walking, doing work in the

garden, or using a treadmill.

(2) That reminded me that I often hear English learners (from

certain countries) say "It's time for me to take my lunch" instead of

have/eat my lunch.

NOT A TEACHER.

Additional possibilities:

"Do you hit the gym every day?"

"Do you hit the weights every day?"

"Do you lift weights every day?"

All of these refer to weight training.