"Do you not" vs. "Don't you" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

It means, essentially, "If you asked us who should buy a new car, we would recommend you." "We recommend to you to buy a new car." That's fine. The "to you to" is a bit …

You are betting on it, you are enthusiastic about it. As a matter of fact, as I am writing this I received a text message from a friend who just invited me to breakfast. However I …

Of course, if you are talking with a friend who truly inquires about your wellbeing, and you feel like sharing with them, by all means, do so. My answer is not meant to prevent that, …

My sense is that American English prefers "don't" and "do you not" is a speech act with a peculiar meaning: "I am now interrogating and instructing you" in a Socratic fashion. On …

The English tag question is made up of an auxiliary verb and a pronoun. The auxiliary has to agree with the tense, aspect and modality of the verb in the preceding sentence. If the …

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