Does Require or Requires?

"It does require" is emphatic. A writer might use that phrase in that sentence if he thought that people might disagree with the idea that the long pass requires a lot of training. "It requires" is ordinary. It would work fine in that sentence, but it isn't quite as emphatic as "it does require".

When to use require or requires?

Senior Member. From a purely grammatical point of view, "requires" is correct. But usage seems to be moving toward "nearest word" agreement. I would use "requires."

Does require mean you have to?

Require means to need. You require food, water, and shelter to live, but do you really require that new pair of high-fashion shoes? The verb require comes from Latin root words re, meaning repeatedly, and quaerere meaning to ask.