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No. The QUASM formula has, like everything in English, exceptions. The main ones are the stative verbs to be, and to have (=to possess), which do not require the periphrastic "do".

Q: What is your job -> I am a policeman.

Q: Who has a penknife? -> I have a penknife

No. The QUASM formula has, like everything in English, exceptions. The main ones are the stative verbs to be, and to have (=to possess).

Q: What is your job -> I am a policeman.

Q: Who has a penknife? -> I have a penknife

No. The QUASM formula has, like everything in English, exceptions. The main ones are the stative verbs to be, and to have (=to possess), which do not require the periphrastic "do".

Q: What is your job -> I am a policeman.

Q: Who has a penknife? -> I have a penknife

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No. The QUASM formula has, like everything in English, exceptions. The main ones are the stative verbs to be, and to have (=to possess).

Q: What is your job -> I am a policeman.

Q: Who has a penknife? -> I have a penknife