3rd person present simple

[Hallen]

Hi there.

Is it possible to say "Who celebrates?" and "Who does celebrate?"? Are both correct?

Thanks

 

[Hi_there_Carl]

"Who celebrates?" is enough ;-)

 

[Hallen]

"Who celebrates?" is enough ;-)

Thank you very much, but I wanted to know if "Who does celebrate?" is also possible and correct (in fact, I also prefer "Who celebrates?")

 

[Hi_there_Carl]

You can say "who does celebrate" it is perfectly acceptable but normally we use "economy of words" to communicate and so the less wordy you are... the better. ;-)

 

[rewboss]

We can say "Who does celebrate?" when we are contrasting the question with something else, usually negative. For example:

Julie: "You know, Jim thinks not enough people celebrate Elbonian Independence Day."

Steve: "Not enough? Who does celebrate Elbonian Independence Day?"