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Vijay Benade Posted 4 years ago
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Why do I not have a pen?

Why don't I have a pen?

  

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Vijay Benade Why don't I have a pen? This is the usual way of putting it. Vijay Benade Why do I not have a pen?

  • Vijay Benade Why don't I have a pen?
  • This is the usual way of putting it.
  • Vijay Benade Why do I not have a pen?
  • This is more like an annoyed way of putting it.
  • It is deliberately grammatically unusual, but it is perfectly correct.
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Vijay BenadeWhy don't I have a pen?

This is the usual way of putting it.

Vijay BenadeWhy do I not have a pen?

This is more like an annoyed way of putting it. It is deliberately grammatically unusual, but it is perfectly correct.

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