Timeline for why --not <or> to infinitive in "indirect speech" [closed]
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| Jun 15, 2020 at 7:40 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jan 30, 2017 at 17:23 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | As it currently stands, neither the title nor the body of this question makes sense. The title in particular is bafflingly incomprehensible. What is “why --not <or> to infinitive” supposed to mean? | |
| Jan 30, 2017 at 14:49 | history | closed |
NVZ♦ jimm101 Edwin Ashworth tchrist♦ |
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| Jan 30, 2017 at 14:15 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | You have written a new question. And your new one doesn't allow the breezy suggestion sense ('Why don't you go for a nice cooling dip?') for 'He asked me why I didn't run and fetch the doctor.' | |
| Jan 30, 2017 at 14:14 | comment | added | learner | I have edited my question. | |
| Jan 30, 2017 at 14:14 | history | edited | learner | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 30, 2017 at 12:54 | comment | added | jimm101 | I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is a misinterpretation of a reference book. | |
| Jan 30, 2017 at 12:53 | comment | added | jimm101 | I think Longman is referring to "Why not?" as an entire reply to a question. Your example just uses uses why and not in the same sentence. | |
| Jan 30, 2017 at 12:14 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Jan 30, 2017 at 12:03 | answer | added | Carmelina | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 30, 2017 at 11:57 | comment | added | NVZ♦ | Why not include in your question the research you've done? :) | |
| Jan 30, 2017 at 11:53 | comment | added | WS2 | Why not? I am puzzled as to why @Josh has deleted his answer. | |
| Jan 30, 2017 at 11:35 | history | asked | learner | CC BY-SA 3.0 |