Who is knocking the door vs who is knocking at the door

Both phrases are correct, but 'who is knocking at the door?' is more commonly used in English. The preposition 'at' is typically used with the word 'door' to indicate the location of the knocking action.

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Who is knocking the door

This phrase is not correct in English. The preposition 'at' is needed to indicate the location of the knocking action.

This phrase should be corrected to 'who is knocking at the door?' to be grammatically accurate.

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Who is knocking on the door of the European Union?
Brother of the guy knocking the door outside.
Daniel is knocking at the door for you.
Sally Langston is knocking on the door of the oval office.
Opportunity is knocking at the door.
I was just making her some food, and all of a sudden, the kid is knocking on the door.
It's like turning off the TV when Clarice is knocking on the door of the house.
You go knocking the doors and: Can you help us?
There is social and political disorder and monetary disorder is knocking at the door.
I can hear the wails from the oil refiners' pressure group - and I know it is knocking on the doors of all my colleagues - insisting that this will be impossible to achieve.
Moreover, some of the States who are knocking on the door of the European Union were, until recently, stateless nations.
The past is knocking on your door, Sheriff.
Death is knocking at your door...
Hold on, someone is knocking at my door.
Indeed, Croatia's recent application shows that another region of Europe is knocking at our door.
I, as a Spaniard - and one with a good memory who represents a country which for many years was knocking at the door of the Community - can perfectly understand the legitimate aspirations of each and every one of the candidate countries.
All too often the real movers and shakers in this area are the NGOs who are, invariably, inadequately funded and constantly knocking on the door to try and bring these issue to the public.
I want agents knocking on doors of anyone who met, knows or sneezed on Farris in the last year, Mollvaney.
And from knocking on the door right now.
Deacon could come knocking on the door again.

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who is knocking at the door?

who is knocking at the door

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English. The preposition 'at' is used to indicate the location of the knocking action.

This phrase is the correct way to inquire about the person who is knocking on a door.

Examples:

Who is knocking at the door at this hour?
I wonder who is knocking at the door.
Can you check who is knocking at the door?
Who is knocking at the door so loudly?
Who is knocking at the door in the middle of the night?

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Daniel is knocking at the door for you.
Opportunity is knocking at the door.
Who is knocking on the door of the European Union?
There is social and political disorder and monetary disorder is knocking at the door.
Death is knocking at your door...
Hold on, someone is knocking at my door.
Indeed, Croatia's recent application shows that another region of Europe is knocking at our door.
And someone starts knocking at the door.
Downstairs the giants were knocking at the door.
Downstairs the giants were knocking at the door.
My young colleague said he could hear fate knocking at the door.
Sally Langston is knocking on the door of the oval office.
Reality is knocking at our door, and Europe is not alone in the world.
You don't have my money by eight o'clock tonight, I'll be knocking at the door.
A firm that I built from the ground up over the last nine years... and you're already knocking at the door of managing partnership.
A long time ago, on the coldest of winter nights, a vagrant came knocking at the door of our shop.
Then it really is Old Scratch knocking at the door.
Finally when I heard someone knocking at the door and saying,
The only thing that kept me from passing out in a pile of my own puke was all the knocking at the door.
When life comes knocking at the door, You go and hide in the kitchen.

Alternatives:

who is knocking on the door?
who is at the door knocking?
who is at the door?
who is outside the door knocking?
who is outside knocking?

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Who is knocking the door vs who is knocking at the door