Poll of the Day > What's up with the phrase "don't you"?

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GanglyKhan
08/22/18 11:09:51 PM
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If you break it down, you get "do not you", which makes little sense in modern English. Was that how people used to speak and it's a carry over?
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keyblader1985
08/22/18 11:21:40 PM
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Isn't that weird?
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EclairReturns
08/22/18 11:22:21 PM
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You would actually break it down into "do you not...", I think.
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Andromicus
08/22/18 11:22:22 PM
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Do or don't there's no try
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likehelly
08/22/18 11:41:47 PM
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faramir77
08/22/18 11:59:22 PM
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keyblader1985 posted...
Isn't that weird?


Is not that weird?
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Fierce_Deity_08
08/26/18 11:12:17 PM
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Agreed! Dont you find this phenomenon odd too?
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LinkPizza
08/27/18 4:34:26 AM
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EclairReturns posted...
You would actually break it down into "do you not...", I think.

faramir77 posted...
keyblader1985 posted...
Isn't that weird?


Is not that weird?

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Kyuubi4269
08/27/18 4:48:53 AM
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LinkPizza posted...
EclairReturns posted...
You would actually break it down into "do you not...", I think.

faramir77 posted...
keyblader1985 posted...
Isn't that weird?


Is not that weird?

Is that not weird?
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Scloud posted...
Its like he wants two things at the same time.
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EclairReturns
08/27/18 4:52:58 AM
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Kyuubi4269 posted...
Is that not weird?


This guy gets it.
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AllstarSniper32
08/27/18 4:58:42 AM
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I couldn't care less.
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zebatov
08/27/18 5:03:50 AM
#12:


It would sound weird with any other combination of those words.

"You like pasta, you do not?"
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Kyuubi4269
08/27/18 5:10:03 AM
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zebatov posted...
It would sound weird with any other combination of those words.

"You like pasta, you do not?"

You like pasta, do you not?
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Scloud posted...
Its like he wants two things at the same time.
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zebatov
08/27/18 5:20:40 AM
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Kyuubi4269 posted...
zebatov posted...
It would sound weird with any other combination of those words.

"You like pasta, you do not?"

You like pasta, do you not?

Yeah, that's how it would read normally without being abbreviated. If you abbreviate "do not", it has to come before "you", otherwise it sounds like what I wrote.
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RoboXgp89
08/27/18 5:27:42 AM
#15:


christ
what about "didn't you"

don't you
do not you

you can't abbreviate something without the apostrophe
so if it's
do you not
it's
do'n't you
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