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Andrei Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
A peculiar question
1. Do you work here?
The above is fine and the answer would either be ' I work here' or ' I do not work here'.
My question is on the negative form of the first sentence.
2. Do you not work here? This can't be said. This is odd. We can ask 'do you work here' not 'do you not work here'. Why is this pecularity?
The above is fine and the answer would either be ' I work here' or ' I do not work here'.
My question is on the negative form of the first sentence.
2. Do you not work here? This can't be said. This is odd. We can ask 'do you work here' not 'do you not work here'. Why is this pecularity?
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I have heard several times people asking this way. " So may be "don't you work here" I suppose.
- I have heard several times people asking this way.
- " So may be "don't you work here" I suppose.
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I have heard several times people asking this way. It was smth like this:
"Don't you love me anymore?"
"I do, but..."
So may be "don't you work here" I suppose.
"Don't you love me anymore?"
"I do, but..."
So may be "don't you work here" I suppose.
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The negative form of "Do you work here?" is usually "Don't you work here?"
"Do you not work here?" seems to be a very old-fashioned way of saying it.
That aside, "Don't you work here?" is completely correct and grammatical. We often ask a question in the negative when we expect a "yes" as the answer.
-- Can you tell me where the manager's office is?
-- Sorry, I don'
"Do you not work here?" seems to be a very old-fashioned way of saying it.
That aside, "Don't you work here?" is completely correct and grammatical. We often ask a question in the negative when we expect a "yes" as the answer.
-- Can you tell me where the manager's office is?
-- Sorry, I don'
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