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PASTEL Posted 20 years ago
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0If this all sounds miserable, 01u00it isn't.02u02br
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00Why not "it doesn't"?02br
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0What is the context? 02i 00 02font 00But if00 the context is that that doesn't sound miserable, then it should be 01b 00doesn't02b 00. 02i 02font 0-

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  • 0What is the context?
  • 02i 00 02font 00But if00 the context is that that doesn't sound miserable, then it should be 01b 00doesn't02b 00.
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0What is the context? Considering the sole sentence, I guess 01b00isn't02b00 is used because 01font01i00If this all sounds miserable, it isn't (01u00miserable02u00).02i00 02font00But if00 the context is that that doesn't sound miserable, then it should be 01b00doesn't02
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0 Why not "doesn't"?02br
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00 Because you are negating "miserable", not "sounds".02br
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01i00(Even) if all this sounds as if 01b00it is02b00 miserable, 01b00it isn't02b00 (miserable).02i02br
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0Got it. Thank you.0-
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0Dear Jim,02br
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00I have a question. Why did you say "because you are 01u00negating02u00 'miserable'" instead of "because you 01u00negate/negated02u00 'miserable'"?0-
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1i00 you are negating02i00 (present progressive) can be used here to mean "One's intention is to negate (the one word and not the other)." Other tenses cannot be used with that meaning. It's a typical "Why?" "Because" exchange.02br
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00 -- Why can't we just scream at the ticket agent?02br
00 -- Because we are trying to be polite. (It
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