My sense is that American English prefers "don't" and "do you not" is a speech act with a peculiar meaning: "I am now interrogating and instructing you" in a Socratic fashion. On …
DO is a process verb: you can proceed through an action, that is perform an action (do one's duty, do one's homework, do the dishes), or you can proceed through an appreciation, as …
The near-unanimous conclusion that "What can I do you for?" is basically a joke and a play on words seems to be incorrect. While the writers of Allo Allo and IT Crowd might well …
1. AS OF would mean "at a certain time onward". AS AT would mean "at a precise time of event". AS FROM would mean "at a certain time onward" just like AS OF, but I still don't …
(the Simple Present), and also, that they have to be completed this way: "Do you mind if I do sth?/Would you mind if I did sth?" (asking permission), and "Do/Would you mind doing …
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