Kindly explain the verb usage

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Creativeguru  #475166  Sun, 10 Feb 08 09:41 AM

Does your inner voice talk to you?

Kindly explain why using 'talks' in the above sentence is inappropriate. if you can please explain me subject verb agreement in this context.
your is second person so is it we use plural verb?

  
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Hoa Thai  #475170  Sun, 10 Feb 08 10:23 AM
Hi,

I would not say 'talk' is inappropriate. It depends on what the speak/writer wants to convey. If there is a dialog or conversation between your inner voice and you, talk is fine. We use speak instead of talk to indicate one-way communication.

In regard to the structure of the sentence, does corresponds to the inner voice not you, so it has to be singular. And when we form a question with does/do, the main verb should stay in its base-infinitive form (i.e., talk in this case); thus, it is irrelevant whether the subject is singular or plural.
  
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