The interrogative pronoun “who” without using the auxiliary “did” in a question [on hold]

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1) Talking to a teacher friend of mine, he considered correct questions like: "who needed it?" or "who studied for the test?"

2) Is he really right? Asking in the most usual way like "who did need it?" or "who did study for the test?", is correct, too?

3) Is there a rule in grammar that explains item 1 if it is right?

Thank you very much.

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He is right, this is the normal way to phrase those questions. For more detailed analysis of the grammar, the why, we will migrate this post to our more specialized sister site, English Language Learners.
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You may be getting things mixed up with cases where who(m) is an object in the sentence, rather than the subject. In such cases, do-support is indeed the norm (“Who(m) did you see?”, “Who(m) are you talking to?”). Not when who is the subject, though: do-support sounds very unnatural there, unless you’re using it to emphasise the verb (“So you didn’t study, and you didn’t study, and he didn’t study, and I didn’t study either… so who did study for the test?”).
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
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1) Talking to a teacher friend of mine, he considered correct questions like: "who needed it?" or "who studied for the test?"

2) Is he really right? Asking in the most usual way like "who did need it?" or "who did study for the test?", is correct, too?

3) Is there a rule in grammar that explains item 1 if it is right?

Thank you very much.

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He is right, this is the normal way to phrase those questions. For more detailed analysis of the grammar, the why, we will migrate this post to our more specialized sister site, English Language Learners.
– Dan Bron
yesterday

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You may be getting things mixed up with cases where who(m) is an object in the sentence, rather than the subject. In such cases, do-support is indeed the norm (“Who(m) did you see?”, “Who(m) are you talking to?”). Not when who is the subject, though: do-support sounds very unnatural there, unless you’re using it to emphasise the verb (“So you didn’t study, and you didn’t study, and he didn’t study, and I didn’t study either… so who did study for the test?”).
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
yesterday

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1) Talking to a teacher friend of mine, he considered correct questions like: "who needed it?" or "who studied for the test?"

2) Is he really right? Asking in the most usual way like "who did need it?" or "who did study for the test?", is correct, too?

3) Is there a rule in grammar that explains item 1 if it is right?

Thank you very much.

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1) Talking to a teacher friend of mine, he considered correct questions like: "who needed it?" or "who studied for the test?"

2) Is he really right? Asking in the most usual way like "who did need it?" or "who did study for the test?", is correct, too?

3) Is there a rule in grammar that explains item 1 if it is right?

Thank you very much.

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put on hold as off-topic by Jason Bassford, Dan Bron, Jim, Mark Beadles, Centaurus yesterday

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"Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic." – Jason Bassford, Mark Beadles, Centaurus

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put on hold as off-topic by Jason Bassford, Dan Bron, Jim, Mark Beadles, Centaurus yesterday

This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:

"Please include the research you’ve done, or consider if your question suits our English Language Learners site better. Questions that can be answered using commonly-available references are off-topic." – Jason Bassford, Mark Beadles, Centaurus

If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.

5

He is right, this is the normal way to phrase those questions. For more detailed analysis of the grammar, the why, we will migrate this post to our more specialized sister site, English Language Learners.
– Dan Bron
yesterday

1

You may be getting things mixed up with cases where who(m) is an object in the sentence, rather than the subject. In such cases, do-support is indeed the norm (“Who(m) did you see?”, “Who(m) are you talking to?”). Not when who is the subject, though: do-support sounds very unnatural there, unless you’re using it to emphasise the verb (“So you didn’t study, and you didn’t study, and he didn’t study, and I didn’t study either… so who did study for the test?”).
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
yesterday

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5

He is right, this is the normal way to phrase those questions. For more detailed analysis of the grammar, the why, we will migrate this post to our more specialized sister site, English Language Learners.
– Dan Bron
yesterday

1

You may be getting things mixed up with cases where who(m) is an object in the sentence, rather than the subject. In such cases, do-support is indeed the norm (“Who(m) did you see?”, “Who(m) are you talking to?”). Not when who is the subject, though: do-support sounds very unnatural there, unless you’re using it to emphasise the verb (“So you didn’t study, and you didn’t study, and he didn’t study, and I didn’t study either… so who did study for the test?”).
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
yesterday

He is right, this is the normal way to phrase those questions. For more detailed analysis of the grammar, the why, we will migrate this post to our more specialized sister site, English Language Learners.
– Dan Bron
yesterday

You may be getting things mixed up with cases where who(m) is an object in the sentence, rather than the subject. In such cases, do-support is indeed the norm (“Who(m) did you see?”, “Who(m) are you talking to?”). Not when who is the subject, though: do-support sounds very unnatural there, unless you’re using it to emphasise the verb (“So you didn’t study, and you didn’t study, and he didn’t study, and I didn’t study either… so who did study for the test?”).
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
yesterday

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