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Cooklava

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You do want to go to the movies?

Is this sentence correct? Can a sentence ending with a question mark be written with the auxiliary verb following the subject?

(Or must it always be written as: Do you want to go to the movies?)
 
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Both are correct. The meanings differ.
You do want to go to the movies, don't you?
Situation: a person had agreed to go to the movies, but now seems reluctant somehow.
 
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David L. said:
Both are correct. The meanings differ.
You do want to go to the movies, don't you?
Situation: a person had agreed to go to the movies, but now seems reluctant somehow.
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Must the sentence be written as you wrote it, or may the "don't you" be omitted?

You do want to go to the movies?
 
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