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Forum: English Questions Dec 3rd, 2013, 01:24 pm
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Re: "Why do you ask?" versus "Why are you asking?"

An interesting one. Quirk et al (The Grammar of Contemporay English) point out that the present simple is often used with "verbs of communication" when the communication is in fact past - eg : John...
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