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TeacherJapan Posted 10 years ago
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gramatically?
1) I don't think you have met my wife.
2) I think you haven't met my wife.
I've seen 1) version more often, but 2) is gramatically correct?
If so, 2) sounds stronger than 1)?
2) I think you haven't met my wife.
I've seen 1) version more often, but 2) is gramatically correct?
If so, 2) sounds stronger than 1)?
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teacherJapan but 2) is grammatically correct? Yes. teacherJapan If so, 2) sounds stronger than 1)?
- teacherJapan but 2) is grammatically correct?
- Yes.
- teacherJapan If so, 2) sounds stronger than 1)?
- " It just sounds strange, as if the speaker meant this: I think you don't know my wife.
- which is for a different context.
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teacherJapanbut 2) is grammatically correct?Yes.
teacherJapanIf so, 2) sounds stronger than 1)?I wouldn't use "stronger." It just sounds strange, as if the speaker meant this:
I think you don't know my wife.
which is for a different context.
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#1 is <I reject> you have met my wife. #2 is <I accept> you have not met my wife. #1 is more direct - it doesn't require the multi-step logic analysis of #2.
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