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[–] Mojave@lemmy.world 31 points 19 hours ago (21 children)

"does your medical clinic do"

Bring back grammar nazis

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 11 points 16 hours ago (8 children)

Not a native speaker here, what would be correct?

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago

Assuming you're asking about American English. Here is the revised scenario.

"I use Linux"

"Does your medical clinic?"

In this example the response is in a new sentence. So one should also include the subject in the new sentence.

"Does your medical clinic also use Linux?"

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