present simple negative question (opinion) – English Grammar Profiler

In the English Grammar Profile, C1 point 36 in the category of PRESENT/simple is

NEGATIVE QUESTIONS to check opinions.

A search in iWeb for

do|does _XX _P * *

1 DO N’T YOU THINK? 5683 2 DOES N’T IT ? 2857 3 DO N’T YOU WANT TO 1768 4 DO N’T YOU THINK THAT 1536 5 DO N’T YOU? 1493 6 DO N’T YOU JUST LOVE 1297 7 DO N’T YOU THINK IT 1282 8 DO N’T YOU? ” 1101 9 DO N’T YOU KNOW THAT 907 10 DO N’T YOU AGREE ? 760 11 DO N’T YOU HAVE A 724 12 DO N’T THEY ? 714

13 DO N’T YOU THINK YOU 652

14 DOESN’T IT MAKE SENSE 581

So if all human life depends on plants, doesn’t it make sense that perhaps we should try to save them? I think it does.

*This example is more rhetorical than checking opinions.

15 DO N’T YOU HAVE TO 508 16 DOES N’T IT ? BUT 508 17 DO N’T YOU SEE ? 493 18 DOES N’T IT ? ” 483 19 DOES N’T IT ? I 478 20 DO N’T YOU THINK THE 477 21 DO N’T WE ? 445 22 DO N’T YOU HATE IT 445 23 DO N’T YOU JUST HATE 444 24 DOES N’T IT ? ) 433 25 DOES N’T IT ? IT 402 26 DO N’T YOU UNDERSTAND ? 396 27 DO N’T YOU ? I 391 28 DO N’T WE HAVE A 370 29 DO N’T YOU TELL ME 368 30 DO N’T YOU ? YOU 363 31 DO N’T YOU THINK SO 354 32 DO N’T YOU KNOW ? 342 33 DO N’T YOU TAKE A 340 34 DO N’T YOU WISH YOU 332 35 DOES N’T IT ? WELL 332 36 DO N’T YOU THINK THEY 326 37 DO N’T YOU WORRY ABOUT 303 38 DO N’T YOU THINK WE 300 39 DO N’T YOU THINK I 291 40 DO N’T YOU GET IT 290 41 DOES N’T IT ? THE 286 42 DO N’T YOU WORRY , 278 43 DO N’T YOU TRY TO 274 44 DO N’T WE ALL ? 270 45 DO N’T YOU ? ) 266 46 DO N’T I DO N’T 258 47 DO N’T YOU TELL US 255 48 DO N’T YOU GO TO 250 49 DO N’T YOU LOVE IT 250 50 DOES N’T IT ? 245 51 DO N’T YOU THINK THIS 237 52 DOES N’T IT ? AND 237 53 DO N’T YOU HAVE ANY 236 54 DO N’T YOU THINK HE 234 55 DO N’T YOU KNOW , 231 56 DO N’T YOU KNOW WHO 230 57 DO N’T YOU LIKE ABOUT 230 58 DO N’T YOU JUST GO 229 59 DO N’T YOU FIND IT 220 60 DO N’T YOU GET A 220 61 DO N’T YOU KNOW . 219 62 DO N’T YOU SEE , 208 63 DO N’T YOU KNOW IT 205 64 DO N’T THEY ? ” 201 65 DO N’T YOU NEED TO 198 66 DO N’T YOU WORRY . 198 67 DO N’T YOU WANT ME 196 68 DOES N’T IT ? Q! 195 69 DO N’T YOU THINK , 188 70 DO N’T YOU REMEMBER ? 187 71 DO N’T YOU DO IT 185 72 DOES N’T IT MAKE YOU 185 73 DO N’T YOU KNOW I 181

74 DOES N’T IT SEEM LIKE 179

75 DO N’T YOU ? IT 178 76 DO N’T THEY ? I 174 77 DOES N’T IT ? YOU 174 78 DO N’T YOU GO AND 173 79 DOES N’T IT ? IF 173 80 DO N’T YOU TRY IT 171 81 DOES N’T IT . 170 82 DO N’T YOU JUST GET 169 83 DO N’T YOU KNOW YOU 163 84 DO N’T THEY HAVE A 160 85 DO N’T YOU FORGET IT 158 86 DOES N’T HE ? 156 87 DO N’T YA THINK ? 155 88 DO N’T WE DO IT 154 89 DO N’T YOU GO BACK 154 90 DOES N’T IT ? – 154 91 DO N’T WE ? ” 151 92 DOES N’T IT ? THAT 151 93 DO N’T YOU GIVE ME 147 94 DO N’T YOU LOVE THE 147 95 DO N’T YOU SEE THE 146 96 DO N’T YOU ? THE 144 97 DO N’T YOU THINK . 140 98 DO N’T YOU BELIEVE IT 136 99 DO N’T YOU SEE THAT 136

100 DO N’T YOU ? – 133

B1 vocabulary:

seem, sense