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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Why didn't you go to the supermarket?

Why is it that the above sentence makes sense, but if you break down the abbreviation to its root words, it does not?

Does it truly make sense?
  

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Anonymous Does it truly make sense? Yes. The contraction "n't" moves with the word it's attached to for purposes of making a question.

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  • Anonymous Does it truly make sense?
  • Yes.
  • The contraction "n't" moves with the word it's attached to for purposes of making a question.
  • You did not go ...
  • > You didn't go ...
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AnonymousDoes it truly make sense?
Yes. The contraction "n't" moves with the word it's attached to for purposes of making a question.

You did not go ... > You didn't go ... > Didn't you go ... > Why didn't you go ...

CJ
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This is not related to the sentence about going to the supermarket.

Please post it as a separate thread in the Letters forum. (This is the Grammar forum.)

CJ
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