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Onizo Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Eat, not eat?

When you give one a choice for action, which one is correct?
1. Eat, no eat?
2. Eat, not eat?
3. Eat, don't eat?

Thank you.
  

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I can't think of a context in which #1 would be correct. "

  • I can't think of a context in which #1 would be correct.
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I can't think of a context in which #1 would be correct. 2 and 3 are both possible, depending on context:

"Do you want to eat or not eat?" ("Do you want to eat or not?" would be much more common.)

"Eat or don't eat; it doesn't matter to me."

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