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Fireflysaigon Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Do you think ....?
Kate:Do you think Mary’s coming to the English club? - Jackie:
A. I hope not. B. I don’t believe.
C. I believe not so D. I believe not.
I opt A. I hope not. However, the answer is “D. I believe not”. Who can explain it to me? Thanks a lot.
A. I hope not. B. I don’t believe.
C. I believe not so D. I believe not.
I opt A. I hope not. However, the answer is “D. I believe not”. Who can explain it to me? Thanks a lot.
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fireflysaigon “D. I believe not”. Who can explain it to me?
- fireflysaigon “D.
- I believe not”.
- Who can explain it to me?
- I believe not is accepted as the negative of I believe so .
- I believe so ~ I think she is coming to the English club.
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fireflysaigon“D. I believe not”. Who can explain it to me?I believe not is accepted as the negative of I believe so.
I believe so ~ I think she is coming to the English club.
I believe not ~ I think she is not coming to the English club.
CJ
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I think this is a badly worded question. "I hope not" is correct grammatically, but its meaning is quite different from "I believe not." However, "I believe not" sounds overly formal to me. In ordinary conversation we would probably say "I don't think so" or "I doubt it."
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