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"Does it make sense" or "Is that make sense" ?

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Disorder  #159074  Wed, 16 Nov 05 07:47 AM

Hi

I hear people using "Is that make scene" in conversations, but isn't it grammatically correct to say "Does it/that make sense" ?


  
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Tiratum  #159082  Wed, 16 Nov 05 08:19 AM
yes,  "does" is grammatically correct. 
  
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Disorder  #159118  Wed, 16 Nov 05 11:14 AM
thanks for your reply,

does "Is that make sense" actually exist? because I'm not sure if I heard it correctly...

  
pieanne  #159121  Wed, 16 Nov 05 11:22 AM

It's not correct."Is that making sense?", perhaps, but I prefer the simple present version.

 

  
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Danyoo  #159326  Wed, 16 Nov 05 09:58 PM

Disorder,

Americans often do not enunciate every syllable.  Many times it will be slurred or skipped altogether.  What you may have heard, I suspect, could be someone saying <'s it make sense>, which is a lazy way of saying <does it make sense>.  But American people get so used to speaking this way, a lot of people do get confused.

Another example is <could have> which is most of the time pronounced as <could've> or <coulda>.  So instead of enunciating <I could have done it too> most people say <I coulda done it myself>.  An unfortunate outcome here is that a lot of people when they write this phrase they write it like <I could of done it myself>.  It's funny but sad.

  
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