Which is correct do any or does any?

Which is correct do any or does any?

It would be correct to say “Do any philosophies believe” because now you have a plural subject, “philosophies,” and a plural verb form. It is confusing that plural nouns typically end in ‘s’ whereas singular, third person verbs in the present tense end in ‘s.”

Which is correct you have or do you have?

First of all, did is the past tense form of the verb to do (which is also used as an auxiliary verb to help form questions in English). When you say that you did something, you’re talking about something that happened in the past. Do is the present tense form of the verb to do.

Do any of your friends or does any of your friends?

“Does his friends” or “Do his friends”—which one is correct? “Do his friends” is correct. Why? Because the subject of the partial sentence is plural (“friends”), so the form of the verb must be plural (“do”) to match it.

Do any of you guys or does any of you guys?

If you used “anyone”, you would say “Does anyone know how to solve this?” “Any”, however, can be either singular or plural. Since the plural word “guys” suggests that more than one person can solve it, it would be more natural in English to assume this is plural and say “Do any of you guys…”

Do any of you have or does any of you have?

All four are correct. With ‘any of’ and a plural noun/pronoun you can use either a singular or plural verb.

Did you have vs have you had?

“Had” is not the appropriate tense to use in this case: you must use “have”. The grammatically correct form of your sentence would be “Did you already have the opportunity to do something?”

When your friend has or have?

In other words, it doesn’t matter that in your example one of the compound subjects is you which requires have and not has; because the last noun phrase in the compound subject–i.e., the one directly after or–is the singular a friend, the singular verb has “must” be used, according to this traditional rule.

What we use with anyone has or have?

It’s “if anyone has”, because “anyone” functions as third person singular. It probably just seems right to use “have” because you would for any other number or person.

Is it correct to say “do any of you have one”?

“Do any of you have…?” is correct because you is the second person plural pronoun in this case, requiring the plural form of the verb do. “Does one of you have…?” would be correct because the singular form of the verb goes with ‘one’. 8 clever moves when you have $1,000 in the bank.

What is the correct way to use any of You?

“ Do any of you have …?” is correct, because “any of you” assumes there are multiple people involved (when “do” is used, “any of …” requires a plural noun or pronoun following “of,” and “you” is always treated as if it is plural in such a situation). Please remember to add a direct object to this sentence.

Does ‘do any of you’ exist?

Even taking into account that Google contains a lot of imperfect English grammar, we see that “do any of you” is more natural. “Does any of you” exists, of course, but as you have noticed, is less frequently used.

Does any of you know correct grammar?

“Does any of you know” is not actually incorrect; it just sounds jarring most of the time. It is often an attempt to be super-correct in English. I think that you can tell your students that, as Betty Azar has it in Understanding and Using English Grammar, “do any of you know” is perfectly correct.