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Kook j Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Responce to a negative atatement

Hi,I wanna know which one below sounds more natural.

A:She is not a bad girl.

B1:No she isn't. She is an intelligent girl !

B2:Yes,she is intelligent !
  

Top answer

Neither sounds natural. "bad" doesn't correlate with intelligence. )

  • Neither sounds natural.
  • "bad" doesn't correlate with intelligence.
  • )
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7 Answers
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Neither sounds natural.

"bad" doesn't correlate with intelligence. You need to use different adjectives (bad vs good / dumb, stupid vs smart, intelligent / evil vs kind...)
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Hi,thank you for answering me.

I changed my post as below

A:She is not a good girl.

B1:No,she isn't. She's a good girl.

B2:Yes,she's good!

Which one sounds natural this time?
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I pick B1.

Your statement is "She isn't a good girl."

So if the answer is yes - that means person B agrees with the statement--> She isn't a good girl.
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kook jHi,thank you for answering me.

I changed my post as below

A:She is not a bad girl.

B1:No,she isn't. She's a good girl.
B2:Yes,she's good!

Which one sounds natural this time?
I mistyped my post.
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Hi,thank you for replying me. But my previous post you just answerd is mistyped,sorry.

This is my question.

A:She is not a bad girl.

B1:No,she isn't. She's a good girl.
B2:Yes,she's good!

Which one sounds more natural to you?
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Taking what holyduke said into account, if you replace one with an adjective that correlates to the other, I would say the first reply sounds more correct.

Statement: She is not dumb.

Response: No she isnt. She is an intelligent girl!

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Fine.Thank you Mr.sbolton.

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