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CharmYou Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Why don't I know you?

Which one is correct?

1.Why don't I know you?
2.Why do I not know you?

1.How couldn't that happen?
2.How could that not happen?

1.I may not be able to do that.
2.I may be not able to do that.
3.I may be able not to do that.
4.I may be able to not do that.

Where should I put not?
  

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" there are two negative words so it should become a positive one? So My girlfriend thinks i like another woman and i dont not the least bit and she thinks i flirt with her maybe i do but i dont mean to or know that i do i just want my baby girl to know ive only got eyes for her and i dont want any one else. I still don't understand...

— CharmYou

  • " there are two negative words so it should become a positive one?
  • So My girlfriend thinks i like another woman and i dont not the least bit and she thinks i flirt with her maybe i do but i dont mean to or know that i do i just want my baby girl to know ive only got eyes for her and i dont want any one else.
  • I still don't understand...
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And strange enough...I heard someone saying "Don't not do that." there are two negative words so it should become a positive one?
So My girlfriend thinks i like another woman and i dont not the least bit and she thinks i flirt with her maybe i do but i dont mean to or know that i do i just want my baby girl to know ive only got eyes for
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They are all correct grammar; it is a matter of native choice:

1.Why don't I know you?
2.How could that not happen?
1.I may not be able to do that. = I will try to do it
4.I may be able to not do that. = I will try not to do it
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CharmYouSo My girlfriend thinks i like another woman and i dont not the least bit and she thinks i flirt with her maybe i do but i dont mean to or know that i do i just want my baby girl to know ive only got eyes for her and i dont want any one else.
As you can see from all the other mistakes, that excerpt is written by someone who is not good at written Engli
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Mister MicawberThey are all correct grammar; it is a matter of native choice
You said they are all correct while you picked a correct one(indicating the other one is wrong)...
So Why don't I know you? is correct while Why do I not know you? is wrong?
If they are all correct, why did you pick one?
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CharmYouIf they are all correct, why did you pick one?
I said that it was a matter of native choice, and that is what I have listed.
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So the one you picked is just a preference. I understand.
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CharmYouSo My girlfriend thinks i like another woman and i dont not the least bit and she thinks i flirt with her maybe i do but i dont mean to or know that i do i just want my baby girl to know ive only got eyes for her and i dont want any one else.
I believe the above is correct, it's only missing proper punctuation.

Here's my attempt at that
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CharmYou "Don't not do that."
This is incorrect - bad grammar.

And this is an example of very badly punctuated English:

My girlfriend thinks i like another woman and i dont not the least bit and she thinks i flirt with her maybe i do but i do...
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AlpheccaStarsThis is incorrect - bad grammar.
'Don't not ...' is possible, if unlikely.

There are 19 citations in COCA, some of which sound very natural to me.
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