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Why don't you/help
Message from anggrawahyu posted on 10-04-2013 at 02:41:51
Hello,

Could you help me please
which sentence is right?
why don't you turn it off
or
why you don't turn it off
Thanks for your help.

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Edited by lucile83 on 10-04-2013 06:31

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Edited by lucile83 on 09-05-2013 09:30

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Re: Why don't you/help by irish21, posted on 10-04-2013 at 06:07:58
Hello,
'Why you don't turn it off?' is grammatically incorrect.
Regards.

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Re: Why don't you/help by pds, posted on 10-04-2013 at 07:50:17
Hello,
Second sentence is wrong.

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Edited by lucile83 on 10-04-2013 08:00

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Re: Why don't you/help by pavca, posted on 15-04-2013 at 14:06:43
Hello,
The auxiliary verb comes before the subject in a question.

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Re: Why don't you/help by willy, posted on 15-04-2013 at 16:51:13
Hello!

Direct question: Why don't you turn it off?

Reported speech: I'm wondering why you don't turn it off.

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Re: Why don't you/help by somita, posted on 01-05-2013 at 08:33:54
Hello
The first sentence is right.

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Re: Why don't you/help by mrpda, posted on 02-05-2013 at 16:18:21
the right one is 'Why don't you turn it off.

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Re: Why don't you/help by krishh, posted on 09-05-2013 at 08:01:57
The given question is an interrogative sentence. In an interrogative sentence, The question tag(why) is always followed by a verb. So the right sentence is "Why don't you turn it off?".

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