Does it belong to you? vs Is it belonging to you?

The sentence 'Does it belong to you?' is correct and commonly used in English. On the other hand, 'Is it belonging to you?' is not a common construction and is incorrect. The correct form uses 'belong' as a verb in the simple present tense.

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Does it belong to you?

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to ask about ownership or possession of something. It is in the simple present tense and is a common way to inquire about ownership.

Examples:

Does this book belong to you?
Does this car belong to you?
Does this house belong to you?
Does this key belong to you?
Does this bag belong to you?

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What do you mean it doesn't belong to you?
- Does it belong to Gorodish?
This car... who does it belong to?
Does it say who it belongs to?
Does it belong to your daughter?
This orange- it belong to you?
Does it belong to the bank?
I mean who does it belong to?
Who does it belong to then?
Can we prove it belongs to Sasha?
Can you confirm the officer it belongs to?
But how will I find who it belongs to?
This boat here, who's it belong to?
Does anybody know who it belongs to?
Do you really think that just because you have an idea, it belongs to you?
Who's to say it belongs to you?
Do you think it belongs to red coat?
If it is not Al's, then who does it belong to?
And how sure are we it belongs to the body?
Didn't it belong to your clan?

Is it belonging to you?

This phrase is not a common construction in English and sounds awkward.

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Why would I have anything belonging to you?
Is it my fault you threw in all your belongings?
Birth certificates belonging to 650 people?
But not voices belonging to the person?
Is the Council aware of the abovementioned cases in which workers were sacked for belonging to a union? 3.
Has Community support been granted to any companies belonging to the group?
Or what happened to his belongings?
But hasn't that young man left anything belonging to him?
What steps does it intend to take vis-à-vis the Turkish Government so that the Directorate-General for Foundations ceases to confiscate properties belonging to minorities? 2.
Why'd you steal her personal belongings?
O'Grady, what about your belongings?
But did you look through her personal belongings?
Why did you dump his belongings?
Will you submit to a search of your personal belongings?
Was he buried with any personal belongings?
Are they analyzing milo's belongings?
Do you remember finding a credit card belonging to REC Imports?
Did this man just remove something from a security box belonging to Steve Price?
And you said that you recognize those as belonging to the witch?
Surely this is about documents belonging to the institutions?

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