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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
English grammar and usage
Recently, I have read the famous quotation of John F.Kennedy "Ask not what your country do for you-ask what you can do for your country". I wonder about the structure of a sentence. Why not use "Don't ask "?
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The correct but uncommon form 'ask not' is more literary, more dramatic, more memorable!
- The correct but uncommon form 'ask not' is more literary, more dramatic, more memorable!
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The correct but uncommon form 'ask not' is more literary, more dramatic, more memorable!
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