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Belly  #422654  Sun, 23 Sep 07 05:27 PM
If we omit "Does" at the end of this sentence:' Does anybody get what I mean" it will become:" Anybody gets what I mean" or "Anybody get what I mean"?
  
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Yoong Liat  #422658  Sun, 23 Sep 07 05:31 PM
 Belly wrote:
If we omit "Does" at the end of this sentence:' Does anybody get what I mean" it will become:" Anybody gets what I mean" or "Anybody get what I mean"?


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Clive  #422667  Sun, 23 Sep 07 06:31 PM

Hi,

' Does anybody get what I mean?'

In informal conversation, to shorten this question you would simply omit 'does', ie 'Anybody get what I mean?'

You understand?Smile [:)]

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CalifJim  #422765  Mon, 24 Sep 07 03:23 AM
At the end of the sentence?  Didn't you mean the beginning?  (In English we wouldn't refer to that position as the end, even though I suppose it's the front end! )  Smile [:)]

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