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MIG Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Where should I place "not"?
Hi.
Please help me with the placing of "not".
Q ) Which one of the sentences below are/is correct?
1 - Should you not do that?
2 - Should not you do that?
3 - Shouldn't you do that?
4 - Should not you not do/did that?
5 - Should you not, not do/did that?
Q ) Where should I place "not"? Is it after or before subject?
Please help me with the placing of "not".
Q ) Which one of the sentences below are/is correct?
1 - Should you not do that?
2 - Should not you do that?
3 - Shouldn't you do that?
4 - Should not you not do/did that?
5 - Should you not, not do/did that?
Q ) Where should I place "not"? Is it after or before subject?
Top answer
" Although "shouldn't" is a contraction of "should not", "Should not you ... " is unnatural in modern English. ".
- " Although "shouldn't" is a contraction of "should not", "Should not you ...
- " is unnatural in modern English.
- ".
- This is not quite standard English in my opinion.
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These are correct:
"Should you not do that?"
"Shouldn't you do that?"
"Should you not have done that?"
"Shouldn't you have done that?"
Although "shouldn't" is a contraction of "should not", "Should not you ... ?" is unnatural in modern English.
Conversationally, it is possible that people might sometimes say "Shouldn't you not do that?". This is not quite sta
"Should you not do that?"
"Shouldn't you do that?"
"Should you not have done that?"
"Shouldn't you have done that?"
Although "shouldn't" is a contraction of "should not", "Should not you ... ?" is unnatural in modern English.
Conversationally, it is possible that people might sometimes say "Shouldn't you not do that?". This is not quite sta
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GPYConversationally, it is possible that people might sometimes say "Shouldn't you not do that?". This is not quite standard English in my opinion.It occurred to me later that this could be interpreted in two different ways, either meaning the same as "Shouldn't you do that?" or meaning the exact opposite (i.e. suggesting that someone ought not to do s
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Hmm.
"Shouldn't you NOT do that?" (emphasis as I expect to hear it) is something I can imagine one of my daughters saying to the other as she observes her sister about to do something she knows will get her in trouble. I hear it as the same as "Don't do that, you idiot!"
You're planning to eat all the cookies? And dinner is in half an hour? Um... shouldn't you NOT do that? Mom is goin
"Shouldn't you NOT do that?" (emphasis as I expect to hear it) is something I can imagine one of my daughters saying to the other as she observes her sister about to do something she knows will get her in trouble. I hear it as the same as "Don't do that, you idiot!"
You're planning to eat all the cookies? And dinner is in half an hour? Um... shouldn't you NOT do that? Mom is goin
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BarbaraPAHmm."Shouldn't you NOT do that?" (emphasis as I expect to hear it) is something I can imagine one of my daughters saying to the other as she observes her sister about to do something she knows will get her in trouble. I hear it as the same as "Don't do that, you idiot!"You're planning to eat all the cookies? And dinner is in half an hour? Um... shouldn't you NOT
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GPYDon't worry too much about this one; I may have been overcomplicating things by even mentioning it, but I was trying to make something meaningful out of your sentences with the double "not".Actually your explanation made it more clear for me.Thank you again for your concern.
And thank you BarbaraPA for the scene that you h
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