She might do.

[sunsunmoon]

John: Do you think she'll give us a call?
Tom: She might do.

Do you omit do?

 

[TheParser]

Do you omit do?

NOT A TEACHER


(1) Our wonderful friend Mr. Michael Swan (in his great Practical

English Usage) writes:

"In British English (but not [my emphasis] American), do can be used

alone as a substitute verb after an auxiliary verb."

The scholar's example:

"Come and stay with us."

"I may do."

Americans would never speak like this. They would just say, "Thank

you. I may." (So Americans would reply: She might.)

But "She might do" would sound very strange and funny.)

***

(2) Careful: "She might do" is American English in other

circumstances:

Mr. Jones: I am thinking of hiring Mona Jones as a model for

our fashion show.

Ms. Smith: Well, Mona is not that pretty, but I think that she

might do. ("do" in this sentence is NOT a substitute verb. It is

THE verb, meaning "to be acceptable.")





Respectfully yours,


James

 

[emsr2d2]

Do you omit do?

It's fine with or without "do". Technically, "She might" is the grammatically correct sentence but you will hear "She might do" from, I would say, the vast majority of native British English speakers.

 

[5jj]

It's fine with or without "do". Technically, "She might" is the grammatically correct sentence

That seems to suggest that 'she might do' is grammatically incorrect. I don't think that it is.

 

[emsr2d2]

That seems to suggest that 'she might do' is grammatically incorrect. I don't think that it is.

Apologies. Perhaps I should have said grammatically better sentence but that could just be my personal opinion. I would agree that "She might do" is also grammatically correct.

 

[konungursvia]

Apologies. Perhaps I should have said grammatically better sentence but that could just be my personal opinion. I would agree that "She might do" is also grammatically correct.

Me too.