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Debpriya De Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Word order of negative interrogative sentence

"I don't like to do homework."
1. What don't you like to do ?
2. What do you not like to do ?
Which is the correct word order ?
  

Top answer

Both are fine but homework should have my before it: I don't like to do my homework. CB

  • Both are fine but homework should have my before it: I don't like to do my homework.
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Both are fine but homework should have my before it: I don't like to do my homework.

CB
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Debpriya De1. What don't you like to do ?
2. What do you not like to do ?
Both are OK, but don't use this:

What do not you like to do? (The negation appears before the subject pronoun only in its contracted form n't.)

CJ
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Debpriya De"I don't like to do homework." 1.  What don't you like to do ? 2.  What do you not like to do ? Which is the correct word order ?
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Both are correct. The first is more often used. The second emphasizes "not" and would be more useful in a contrastive context, i.e., in contrast with affirmatives, thus:

-- I like to swim, and fish, and ski, and play tennis, and go on hikes, and dance, and play cards.
-- Wow! Really? What do you not like to do? (You like to do so many things. Is there anything you don

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