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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Negative Questions

What is the use(s) of negative questions?

Sometimes it conveys the person asking the question already has a fair idea what the answer to the question is, I feel.

"Do you have a passport?" "Don't you have a passport?"

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Yes, you are correct: Do you have a passport? = I do not know. Don't you have a passport?

— Anonymous

  • Yes, you are correct: Do you have a passport?
  • = I do not know.
  • Don't you have a passport?
  • = I have reason to believe that you do.
  • Don't you speak Spanish?
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Yes, you are correct:

Do you have a passport? = I do not know.

Don't you have a passport? = I have reason to believe that you do.

Don't you speak Spanish? (I think that you do.)

Isn't Tokyo the capital of Japan? (I think it is.)
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