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It's "...do you not like". I suppose the answer is that the negation of "to like" is "not to like". So, in the present tense, the negation of "like" is "not like". The correct word order is therefore "...do you not like". However, as you quite rightly point out, it *IS* abbreviated to...

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The construction would seem to be translated from a Romanz language word order; possibly Spanish. In English it would be be phrased "Do you know where the canteen is?"

Well, I'm awfully glad I didn't say there were no exceptions! As a question: "Don't you love her?" As a clause: "I suspect you don't love her ". Looks like when it's negative, only the word order changes. Converting to using "whether", as you suggest, is fine of course. It depends on what...

There's a trick you can sometimes use to figure this out. If the word order is , chances are it's active voice. If the word order is , chances are it's passive voice. This doesn't always work. Some verbs are intransitive, sometimes subject or object are omitted, sometimes the word order...

Hello Chamaleon some generalization maybe? how many groups have you observed? three?, thirty?, three thousand? can you conclude some deduction from those observations or maybe you noticed some impolite behaviour in some individuals and you had the temptation of generalising? I...

If you are to use question word order in the main clause, there is another condition that has to be met. The adverbial clause has to be restricting or negating the meaning of the whole sentence. "Only two days earlier, the ships set off", but "Only after the wind had died down did the ships set...

That's true in this particular case, but it's not true in general. Simon Phlui, the original poster, referred to the sentence "Please tell me what is the purpose of doing this instead of doing that." I see nothing wrong with this sentence. It seems to me to be interchangable with "Please tell...

It's what the British call an "Americanism", as it seems to be a practice which originated there. Television and the internet mean the British are starting to do it too. In summary: The English tend to use adverbs correctly. The Americans do things different. It is formally incorrect....

"At that time" means "at a particular MOMENT" - say, for example, ten past three on Sunday afternoon. "In that time" means "within a given INTERVAL" - say, the interval while you were at work yesterday. Both of the above are adverb phrases, because the preposition converts the noun phrase...