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[GUEST2008]

Hi
1.
a. How many presents she got?
b. How many presents did she get?
2.
a. How many friends came to the party?
b. How many friends did come to the party?

I would say that 1b and 2a are correct?

 

[euncu]

Hi
1.
a. ...how many presents she got... correct
b. How many presents did she get? correct
2.
a. How many friends came to the party? correct
b. How many friends did come to the party? I am not sure about this one

I would say that 1b and 2a are correct?

***neither a teacher nor a native-speaker***

 

[Searching for language]

Hi
1.
a. How many presents she got? X
b. How many presents did she get?:up:
2.
a. How many friends came to the party? :up:
b. How many friends did come to the party?:up:

I would say that 1b and 2a are correct?

In the second example, b is correct also for someone may have invited 50 epople to a party, but not everyone showed up. So, the question then could be "How many friends did come to the party?" Including did is for emphasis.

I am not a teacher.

 

[GUEST2008]

What's wrong with 1a, since 2a is correct and the structure of these two is the same?

 

[sarat_106]

What's wrong with 1a, since 2a is correct and the structure of these two is the same?

The sentence 1a is not in the correct interrogative structure. You need here the auxiliary verb ‘has’ but then, Have/has got = I have/he has (to posses something). I have a new car= I have got a new car.you cannot say How many presents has she got?= How many presents does she posses? You have use a different verb ‘receive’ for better and proper clarity. You can say:
How many presents has she received?

 

[nuharani]

Hi
1.
a. How many presents she got?
b. How many presents did she get?
2.
a. How many friends came to the party?
b. How many friends did come to the party?

I would say that 1b and 2a are correct?

1a, 2b, aren,t questions. They explane something else. for example. HOW MANY PRESENTS SHE GOT, I NEVER KNOW. AND ALSO 2a. HOW MANY FRIENDS CAME TO THE PARTY, I DIDN'T COUNT THEM.

 

[mr_moh55555]

.you cannot say How many presents has she got?= How many presents does she posses? You have use a different verb ‘receive’ for better and proper clarity. You can say:
How many presents has she received?

can we say...how many sisters has she got?
how many brothers have you got?

because we teach it this way at schools.

 

[sarat_106]

can we say...how many sisters has she got?
how many brothers have you got?

because we teach it this way at schools.

Yes. You can but with or without (got) the meaning is the same.

 

[GUEST2008]

The sentence 1a is not in the correct interrogative structure.

But the structure of the sentence 2a is the same and it's correct?

1. How many presents she got?
2. How many friends came to the party?

--- There is no "do" or "did" in either of them, nevertheless, 1 is wrong and 2 is correct?

 

[RonBee]

1. How many presents she got?

That one is not a sentence. Where is the verb?

 

[GUEST2008]

That one is not a sentence. Where is the verb?

get -got - got

"got" is not a verb here?

 

[RonBee]

Re:
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How many presents she got?
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In this sentence, "got" can't be the verb all by itself. Possibly:
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A: How many presents did she get?
B: She got five presents.


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In the sentence spoken by B, "got" is quite happily the only verb.

 

[sarat_106]

But the structure of the sentence 2a is the same and it's correct?

1. How many presents she got?
2. How many friends came to the party?

--- There is no "do" or "did" in either of them, nevertheless, 1 is wrong and 2 is correct?

No doubt ‘got’ is the past tense and a participle of GET, but you cannot say 'I/he/she etc got' in the present tense. Say you have something or have got something: I've got (NOT I got) a new bike. This has been subsequently clarified by RunBee.

 

[GUEST2008]

I got a new bike/car etc. yesterday. - I guess I heard someone speaking this.

I have a new bike.

In the first case "I got a new bike" means I was given it.
In the second case "I have a new bike" means I possess it.

Take care

 

[bhaisahab]

Re:
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How many presents she got?
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In this sentence, "got" can't be the verb all by itself. Possibly:
.

A: How many presents did she get?
B: She got five presents.


​

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In the sentence spoken by B, "got" is quite happily the only verb.

If we were in the 17th century, we could say "How many presents got she?" or, perhaps more likely "Got she many presents?";-)

 

[sarat_106]

I got a new bike/car etc. yesterday. - I guess I heard someone speaking this.

I have a new bike.

In the first case "I got a new bike" means I was given it.
In the second case "I have a new bike" means I possess it.

Take care

‘got’ as the past form of ‘get’ is used in India as also many parts of the world. So your first sentence is Ok. But it is used to mean present in AnE and to some extent in BrE. See the usage note copied from the dictionary. Com.

“In colloquial use and in numerous nonstandard varieties of American English, the past tense form got has the meaning of the present. This arose probably by dropping the helping verb have from the past perfects have got, has got: We've got to go, we've got a lot of problems became We got to go, we got a lot of problems. The reanalysis of got as a present-tense form has led to the creation of a third singular gots in some varieties of English, especially African American Vernacular English.”

 

[RonBee]

But the structure of the sentence 2a is the same and it's correct?

1. How many presents she got?
2. How many friends came to the party?

--- There is no "do" or "did" in either of them, nevertheless, 1 is wrong and 2 is correct?

The word "came" simply doesn't need an auxiliary verb. The word "got" (in this case, at least) does.