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JUNHEE LEE Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

can you not cry?

My daughter often cry when she goes to the daycare at the door of dacare before entering. Can I say

"Can you not cry today at the daycare?"

Or

"Can you try not to cry at the daycare?" When leaving the home.

Any better way to say?

Help me please Emotion: smile
  

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Those are fine. A child of that age is not sensitive to the occasional infelicities of language utterances.

— Mister Micawber

  • Those are fine.
  • A child of that age is not sensitive to the occasional infelicities of language utterances.
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Those are fine. A child of that age is not sensitive to the occasional infelicities of language utterances.
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Thank you so much.

But,
" Can you not get the dress dirty?"
Is this fine?

Thank you again..
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Can you not cry today at the daycare?
Can you not get the dress dirty?

In what way do you think those are different, Junhee Lee?
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I am not sure.
Almost same to me.
But somone said the second one was not natural in this forum..
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JUNHEE LEEAlmost same to me.
To me, too.
JUNHEE LEEBut somone said the second one was not natural in this forum.
They have limited use in that form, but they are natural enough in the right conversation, as when you are asking someone not to do something and you are frustrated by their behaviour.
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Thank you so much as always..Emotion: big smile
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