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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Negative Questions

I have a question how you can answer a negative question that is only asking for confirmation:

Is the meaning in the answers (B1-B3) always the same ("Correct, they are not the same person.")?
A: My friend James is not your friend James then?
B: Yeah they are not the same person.
B2: No they are not the same person.
B3: That is correct. They are not the same person.
  

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B1/2/3 are OK. No, he's not.

— Clive

  • B1/2/3 are OK.
  • No, he's not.
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B1/2/3 are OK.

But I'd usually just say eg .No, he's not.
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Clive, are you a native English speaker? Emotion: smile
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Is the meaning in every answer the same?

A: My friend James is not your friend James then?
B: Yeah they are not the same person.
B2: No they are not the same person.
B3: That is correct. They are not the same person.
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There are five more pages of answers here.
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