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Why can we use does with I? Tue Feb 07, 2006 18:46 pm  Why can we use does with I?
 

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ESL/EFL Test #119 "Gerund or Infinitive", question 4

And at other times I'm glad I ......... know what the future holds.

(a) didn't
(b) doesn't
(c) hadn't
(d) don't

English Language Proficiency Tests, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #119 "Gerund or Infinitive", answer 4

And at other times I'm glad I don't know what the future holds.

Correct answer: (d) don't

Your answer was: incorrect
And at other times I'm glad I doesn't know what the future holds.
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Does Tue Feb 07, 2006 19:04 pm  Does
 

Dear learner,
It is a grammar rule that we should use DOES as an auxiliary verb for 3rd person singular:
I DON'T know.
You DON'T know.
He/ She DOESN'T know.
We DON'T know.
You DON'T know.
They DON'T know.
By the way, if you think about it, you will see that "S" always appears in 3rd person singular:
IS - haS - playS/ doES... - waS, etc.

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Why can we use does with I? Sat May 05, 2007 16:46 pm  Why can we use does with I?
 

Why can not we use Past Simple Tense, I didn't know what the future holds? I answered correctly on this question, but do not understand the use of Present Simple here. Could somebody, please, explain?
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Why can we use does with I? Sun May 06, 2007 11:22 am  Why can we use does with I?
 

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Present is required with the present 'holds' in the dependent clause.
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