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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
It depends not~~ VS It does not depend ~~
1. This stress-timed nature of English means that the length of an utterance depends not on the number of syllables.
2. This stress-timed nature of English means that the length of an utterance does not depend on the number of syllables.
How 1 and 2 can be different ? (It is different from 'I study not hard,' isn't it?) (I don't study hard)
Do people use a verb + not often?
Are there other examples?
2. This stress-timed nature of English means that the length of an utterance does not depend on the number of syllables.
How 1 and 2 can be different ? (It is different from 'I study not hard,' isn't it?) (I don't study hard)
Do people use a verb + not often?
Are there other examples?
Top answer
moon7296 1. This stress-timed nature of English means that the length of an utterance depends not on the number of syllables. This is wrong unless you add more to introduce a contrast, thus: This stress-timed nature of English means that the length of an utterance depends not on the number of syllables but on the number of phrases.
- moon7296 1.
- This stress-timed nature of English means that the length of an utterance depends not on the number of syllables.
- This is wrong unless you add more to introduce a contrast, thus: This stress-timed nature of English means that the length of an utterance depends not on the number of syllables but on the number of phrases.
- moon7296 I study not hard Impossible!
- moon7296 Do people use a verb + not often?
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moon72961. This stress-timed nature of English means that the length of an utterance depends not on the number of syllables.This is wrong unless you add more to introduce a contrast, thus:
This stress-timed nature of English means that the length of an utterance depends not on the number of syllables but on the number of phrases.
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