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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Why not call?

Hi teachers,

If you still don't have an answer from the University of Iowa, why ______ call the admissions office?

A. you don't
B. not to
C. not
D. don't

Correct option is C. Does "Why not "do" something" a collocation or an idiom?

Thank you.
  

Top answer

If you still don't have an answer from the University of Iowa, why don't you call the admissions office? ) If you still don't have an answer from the University of Iowa, why not call the admissions office? ) None of the other options are grammatical.

  • If you still don't have an answer from the University of Iowa, why don't you call the admissions office?
  • ) If you still don't have an answer from the University of Iowa, why not call the admissions office?
  • ) None of the other options are grammatical.
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If you still don't have an answer from the University of Iowa, why don't you call the admissions office? (This is what I would say.)

If you still don't have an answer from the University of Iowa, why not call the admissions office? (This is a shorter version.)

None of the other options are grammatical.
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Thank you AlpheccaStars.

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