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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
we aren't vs. we don't
a student wrote 'we aren't use this word' and I would like to know why 'we don't use this word'is correct. Does anyone know the rule?????
It is probably simple but I am not an anglophone.
It is probably simple but I am not an anglophone.
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Anonymous a student wrote ' we aren't use this word' and I would like to know why 'we don't use this word'is correct. Does anyone know the rule????? It is probably simple but I am not an anglophone.
- Anonymous a student wrote ' we aren't use this word' and I would like to know why 'we don't use this word'is correct.
- Does anyone know the rule?????
- It is probably simple but I am not an anglophone.
- , however I'll try to tell you what I know...
- The possible sentences are mainly three, all with different meanings: "We don't use this word" "We aren't used to this word" "We aren't to use this word" As far as I know the sentence you wrote ' we aren't use this word' is not correct...
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AnonymousI didn't fully understand your question Anon., however I'll try to tell you what I know... The possible sentences are mainly three, a
a student wrote 'we aren't use this word' and I would like to know why 'we don't use this word'is correct. Does anyone know the rule?????
It is probably simple but I am not an anglophone.
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No, as YoHf says, the sentence is not correct; since we don't know the exact meaning, the basic correction would be "we don't use this word". "We aren't to use this word" is more or less equivalent to saying "we mustn't use this word" - someone forbade us to use it.
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Maybe we should ask Nona, since she is a native, though I reckon that this sentence is unlikely to be correct...
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