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Diamondrg Posted 20 years ago
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a mind-boggling question

0Which do you think is correct?02br
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00I keep on asking you all to empty your bins and turn off all the lights before you leave, but ...........02br
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00a) you don't b) so are you c) he wasn't either d) everybody is too e) no one does so0-
  

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0 you don't / no one does so02br 02br 00 The second choice is in a higher register than the beginning of the sentence, to my ear, so is not as good an ending to the thought. Either a) or e) works semantically. 02br 02br 00 CJ02br 02br 0-

— CalifJim

  • 0 you don't / no one does so02br 02br 00 The second choice is in a higher register than the beginning of the sentence, to my ear, so is not as good an ending to the thought.
  • Either a) or e) works semantically.
  • 02br 02br 00 CJ02br 02br 0-
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0 you don't / no one does so02br
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10 you don't / no one does so12br
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10The second choice is in a higher register than the beginning of the sentence, to my ear, so is not as good an ending to the thought. Either a) or e) works semantically. "none of you do" is another (unlisted) possibility.12br
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0 American English allows "you don't" in that position, so I would say no, 01b00A02b00 need not be expanded to "you don't do so" in order to be correct. By that reasoning, you can see that "no one does" is also acceptable.02br
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