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Do you really answer "How do you do?" with "How do you do?"
How do you do? is to repeat the question: How do you do? (While it's perfectly OK to answer other similar questions How are you? / How are you doing? Fine, thanks / etc ) That said, then I talk to English speakers with Skype or in chats, I tried to ask the question, but the answer was never "how do you do?". It was rather "fine. you?" or something.
What do or what does? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
In "What do/does a baby Range Rover and Altoids have in common?" the subject of the composite verb "do/does have" is "a baby Range Rover and Altoids", which is plural.
grammaticality - Correct usage of the verb "do" - English Language ...
Nothing wrong with using 'do do" but it just sounds like something doggies do. :-) The above sentence: I don't do anything I am ashamed of, but sometimes I do do things I find embarrassing. Might sound better if said this way: I don't do anything I am ashamed of, but sometimes I actually do things I find embarrassing.
"Do it" versus "do that" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
do that is most used when there's a very specific action in question do that can also be used to contrast two different actions, e.g. "Do that and not this." As a general imperative, prefer do it. With the two examples you give above, I strongly prefer the do this variation, as an instance of my second point (we're talking about a specific action).
Asking a question: DO or ARE? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
When should you ask a question with "do", and when with "are"? In other words, Are you going to Spain next week? Do you like Chinese food? What is the rule here? We don't sa...
When a word ends in 's' or 'x', do you add 's or just an
When the noun ends with the letter 's' or 'x', do I need to put 's' after an apostrophe or not? I remember I read some rules related to this in my school grammar book, but now I've forgotten it.
"Do you know what IS IT?" vs "Do you know what IT IS?"
1) Do you know what is it? 2) Do you know what it is? I kinda do a Google research on this and basically most people say it should be the first one but unfortunately the correct one is the second one. Why it is so? If we refer to the rule of making question (WH-word + verb to be/verb to have + subject + verb + description).
word usage - What does "do" mean in "What do I do"? - English Language ...
What does "do" mean in "What do I do?" I think it means "What do I usually do?", but I don't know why anyone would ask what they usually do. Does it mean something else?
We have vs We do have - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
What is the difference between We have and We do have? Has it same meaning or different meanings?
grammatical number - "Do's" and "don'ts" or "do's" and "don't's ...
11 Do's and Don't's seems correct but because of the plethora of apostrophes in the latter word, I prefer Do's and Don'ts. You can see a nice discussion about this subject on this blog post (When apostrophes go bad: Do's and Don'ts).
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