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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Do you not use it? /Don't you use it?

Wow,,, I have never heard and seen 'at the least,' but today!

at least and at the least are the same, aren't they?

Do you usually not put the?

It'll cost at least 500 dollars.

__________________ That was my question in another question thread.

A new question: the underlined sentence poped up

My question is.. what is the difference if I say:

1) Do you usually not put the?

2) Don't you usually put the?
  

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If he uses #1, the speaker thinks that the listener may usually not put 'the'. If he uses #2, the speaker thinks that the listener usually puts 'the'.

  • If he uses #1, the speaker thinks that the listener may usually not put 'the'.
  • If he uses #2, the speaker thinks that the listener usually puts 'the'.
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If he uses #1, the speaker thinks that the listener may usually not put 'the'.
If he uses #2, the speaker thinks that the listener usually puts 'the'.

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