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Sundarnaz Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

I thought it wasn't necessary

A: Why didn't you pick my call?

B: I thought it wasn't necessary.

Is B's response grammatically correct and natural? Please tell me what are the other ways to convey the same idea?

Thanks.

  

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A: Why didn't you answer my call? B: I thought it wasn't necessary. I don't know what B is telling A.

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A: Why didn't you answer my call?
B: I thought it wasn't necessary.

I don't know what B is telling A. "I didn't want to talk with you." "Your calls are not important to me."

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sundarnazI thought it wasn't necessary.

Aside from the issue brought up by AS, we normally move negations into the main clause with some verbs, notably, think, believe, and want.

More idiomatic: I didn't think it was necessary.

Likewise,

Mother wants you not to jump on the furniture.
Mother doesn't w

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