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 …

2 How do I always refers to yourself as the asker, or another asker if quoted or referenced e.g. She asked "How do I do this?" How to however does not make this distinction and can be used more …

However, even in the rhetorical, the question "how do I do that" implies that even though the speaker is aware of the general possibility, doing something is abhorrent or contrary to their nature such that …

Mar 15, 2011 · 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, …

To be is to do. —Socrates To do is to be. —Plato Do-be-do-be-do. —Sinatra I saw it on some shirts or somewhere. I don’t understand what it means when those sentences are put together.

Mar 25, 2015 · Possibly, "I do know that" can in fact only be used, when, you are answering the question of whether or not you know the issue at hand (or your knowledge has been called in to question, and …

Aug 6, 2014 · Do so and do it have complex but rather different syntax, as it turns out. There's a famous paper by Lakoff and Ross called, if memory serves, "A criterion for verb phrase constituency; or, Why …

Jan 18, 2013 · I am studying English and I want to know the main difference between “Have you got?” and “Do you have?” questions. Are they the same? Is one more formal than the other?

Apr 2, 2015 · A recent New York Times Magazine piece focused on the expression "you do you" (and its variant "do you"), meaning something like a strong affirmation to "be yourself." The article associates …

Feb 22, 2011 · English is almost unique in the phenomenon of do-support. Only a few of the Celtic languages and two very small Italian dialects use do in the way English does (and another that uses …