[Grammar] Question sentences

Status
Not open for further replies.

ankku

New member
Joined
Oct 9, 2014
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Finnish
Home Country
Finland
Current Location
Great Britain
Do we say:

What do you get?

or

What you get?

I have seen this question written in two different ways.
 

Raymott

VIP Member
Joined
Jun 29, 2008
Member Type
Academic
Native Language
English
Home Country
Australia
Current Location
Australia
"What you get?" is not an English sentence. The other one is.
 

Harum30

Member
Joined
Oct 7, 2014
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Indonesian
Home Country
Indonesia
Current Location
Indonesia
Not a teacher

I think "What do you get?" is more appropriate. It follows the rule of present tense.
 
Last edited by a moderator:

Rover_KE

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jun 20, 2010
Member Type
Retired English Teacher
Native Language
British English
Home Country
England
Current Location
England
Harum, please read this extract from the Forum Rules:

You are welcome to answer questions posted in the Ask a Teacher forum as long as your suggestions, help, and advice reflect a good understanding of the English language.

If you are not a teacher, you will need to state that clearly in your post.
 

MikeNewYork

VIP Member
Joined
Nov 13, 2002
Member Type
Academic
Native Language
American English
Home Country
United States
Current Location
United States
You will see "what you get" in WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get), which is common computer slang.
 

Matthew Wai

VIP Member
Joined
Nov 29, 2013
Member Type
Native Language
Chinese
Home Country
China
Current Location
China
I think 'You get what?' is also possible.

Not a teacher.
 

Rover_KE

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jun 20, 2010
Member Type
Retired English Teacher
Native Language
British English
Home Country
England
Current Location
England
It is indeed possible, Matthew, but you need to suggest a context in which it might be used.
 

Matthew Wai

VIP Member
Joined
Nov 29, 2013
Member Type
Native Language
Chinese
Home Country
China
Current Location
China
Is it correct to say 'When you finish the course, you get what?'

Not a teacher.
 

Rover_KE

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jun 20, 2010
Member Type
Retired English Teacher
Native Language
British English
Home Country
England
Current Location
England
It's more natural to say 'When you finish the course, what do you get?'
 

tzfujimino

Key Member
Joined
Dec 8, 2007
Member Type
English Teacher
Native Language
Japanese
Home Country
Japan
Current Location
Japan
tzfujimino: I always get σομε οραγες when I visit my grandmother's house.
Matthew: You get what?

:)
 

Matthew Wai

VIP Member
Joined
Nov 29, 2013
Member Type
Native Language
Chinese
Home Country
China
Current Location
China
Does it mean that such a construction is naturally used when the speaker doesn't understand what is just said to him/her?

I am surprised that tzfujimino can speak Greek.

Not a teacher.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top