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Verb + not = do not verb ? What is the gramatical explanation?
I have long been puzzled by the usage of 'verb + not'. For example, Kennedy said, "... my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." The Bible ...
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“Not… neither… nor…” word order
George Galloway is an outspoken MP with excellent rhetorical skills. I will take a part of his speech to convey the idea of my question.
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Iraq is neither strong, independent nor even a ...
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“Not once he would” vs. “not once would he”
Not being a native speaker and suffering semantic satiation from overthinking this, I'd like to ask this probably overly simple question.
Not once would he...
uses reversal for negation and ...
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Not always + inversion? [closed]
My neighbour's little son (they are from UK) asked me for something, saying that he wants it and hence he will get.
I realized I do not know how to say that correctly (for the first one I used ...
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“Can take no other” vs. “can't take other”
As an ESL I'm not sure if I can use the following sentences:
You can take no other directions.
I'm using it on giving indications to a foreigner.
Should I use instead:
You can't take other ...
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Tag Questions “is he not”
"He is happy, isn't he?"
If you did not use the contraction isn't he, in the question above, would the correct sentence be:
"He is happy, is he not?"
"He is happy, is not he?"
Sentence #1 seems ...
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Is there a difference in meaning between “does not seem to” and “seems not to”?
Consider the following sentences:
Try not to be alarmed if a rule doesn’t seem to work for a specific sentence.
Try not to be alarmed if a rule seems not to work for a specific sentence.
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Which of these sentences use proper grammar?
Unfortunately, there currently is not a way to make it default to a lower resolution.
Unfortunately, there is currently not a way to make it default to a lower resolution.
Unfortunately, ...
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What exactly does “All Items Not On Sale” mean?
Here's a quote from Bill Bryson's "The Mother Tongue":
Imagine being a foreigner and having to learn ... , that a sign in the
store saying ALL ITEMS NOT ON SALE doesn't mean literally what it ...
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“Does not make changes” or “makes no changes”
I was thinking of using this sentence on my computer program:
This action does not make changes on user's machine.
Just to be sure, I checked Google Translate which suggested:
This action ...
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“Seems to be not X” vs. “seems to not be X”
Which one of these two sentences is written correctly?
This test data seems to be not good.
This test data seems to not be good.
Better yet if you could explain as to why the correct ...
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“The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those who look at it without doing anything”
Yes, this is the original quote from Albert Einstein.
I tend to put it this way:
The world is dangerous not because of those who do harm but because of
those who look at it without doing ...
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Is this correct grammar — “which feature in C/C++ don't you like?”
The question in question is this:
Which feature in C/C++ don't you like?
Just wanted to know if that is proper way of asking. Not sure if "don't you like" is the right way there.
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“Why do not you come here?” vs “Why do you not come here?”
I have two questions.
What is the difference between "Why do not you come here?" and "Why do you not come here?"?
Are both of "Why do not you come here?" and "Why do you not come here?" ...
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“Everybody is not” vs “Not everybody is”
Everybody's got a water buffalo, yours is fast but mine is slow.
You can't say everybody's got a water buffalo! Everyone does not have a water buffalo!
This construction:
Everyone ...
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Place of “not” in sentence
In The Island of Doctor Moreau they chant: "are we not men". So my question is: when we place not before men, not after are, what we are implementing?
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“All is not lost” vs “Not all is lost”
I guess I've been in mathematics for far too long, and I tend to use the phrase "Not all is lost" as the negative of "All is lost".
To me the phrase "All is not lost" suggests that nothing is lost. ...
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“currently not” or “not currently”
What's the correct order:
Lessons are not currently being offered.
or
Lessons are currently not being offered.
