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