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Wasnt vs werent - English Language Usage Stack Exchange The fact that you wish something was or wasn't true means you should use the indicative You are stating that something is factually one way or another, and wishing for the situation to be reversed So "I wish it wasn't raining today" and "I wish it was raining today" are how to express those concepts If you were trying to imply something contrary to fact, then were would be the way to go If
When is it more correct to say did not and when didnt? I noticed multiple times, when writing in Microsoft Word that the program suggests a correction, from either form to the other I can't seem to follow the logic When is it better to say did not,
wont vs. wouldnt - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Contrary to what you seem to think, wouldn't and won't are almost never interchangeable The simple negative won't is used for future negative actions or for refusals I won't go to the store tomorrow if it's raining (Future negative ) I won't go to the dance with you (Refusal ) The negative wouldn't is used for counterfactual statements, and for future statements embedded in a past-tense
Difference between havent . . . yet and didnt. . . . yet I can't exactly say what it is about the construction that I don't like, but I decided to check written usage by others In Google Books I find just 14 hits for "doesn't start yet" and 91 for "didn't start yet", compared to tens of thousands for "haven't started yet", and for "hadn't started yet"
t pronounced as ch - English Language Usage Stack Exchange In some words, the pronunciation of t is actually closer to ch, as in fortune Is this is a recognized phenomenon in English pronunciation? Does it have a name? What other prominent examples can
No, I dont or No, I do not in responding English questions No rules per se "Don't" is shorter to say "don't" is less formal than "do not" In written form some writers will move towards "I do not" even if they would usually use "I don't" themselves when speaking However, in spoken form "I do not" often implies an emphatic answer The "not" may be accentuated verbally - which you may write "No, I do NOT like ice-cream" for lack of a normal way of
Why is t sometimes pronounced like d in American English? If you pronounce the t as t instead of d in a word like butter, the rhythm will be out of sync with American pronunciations This is the same reason Brits often pronounce literally, litch-rally or lit-rally instead of lid-erally like Americans They don't soften their t's and the rhythm of the e is faster in British English
He doesnt vs He dont - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Worth noting: though the validity of he don’t in various dialects is debatable, I’ve yet to come across a dialect in which he doesn’t isn’t considered correct In other words, as a non-native speaker it is always safest to err on the side of caution and use he doesn’t Speakers of ‘don’t dialects’ might possibly find it a tad uppity or overly formal—but not incorrect