I have just read
this question on the internet, in a blog on language: “What does it mean to go
viral?”
If we duplicate
that patern we could ask: What does it
mean to fall? What does it mean to go? What does it mean to go stuff yourself
with peanuts? Or even... what does it mean table?
For some reason
this brings to mind the new way the French word questions: Vous allez où? You go where?, instead of where are you going? (Où
allez-vous?) But that is French and I am writing about English.
Simplify all the
time. Stick to the old-fashioned: What
does “go viral” mean? If it is plural we must write: What do “pears and melons” mean? This is the pattern: What does xxxxx mean? (singular.) What do xxxxx mean? (plural.)
Also old-fashioned
but very efficient: What is the meaning
of “go viral?”
And if you want to
have a good laugh, check the answer to the simple question “should I say what
does it means or what does it mean? here:
http://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/27120/should-i-say-what-does-it-means-or-what-does-it-mean
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