By Expressions, Negations

Something to chew on:THE NOTION OF STANDARD SPOKEN GRAMMAR The term ‘standard grammar’ is most typically associated with written language,and is usually considered to be characteristic of the recurrent usage of adult,educated native speakers of a language. Standard grammar ideally reveals...

No. The negation of has got to is hasn't got to. Note, however, that the expression have got to is used almost exclusively in present time in affirmative statements, not in interrogatives, negatives, or in other tenses. Change to have to for those.Those marked with ? below should be...

My answer is the same as Yankee's, except that I'm fairly indifferent to whether contractions are used or not. must not is a bit more clear than mustn't, but I'd accept either. I think you and Kooyeen are looking for something like these: She was not allowed to go to the disco. She was...

Over the left shoulder, or Over the left, an old but still current colloquialism, or slang expression, used as an aside to indicate insincerity, negation, or disbelief; as, he said it, and it is true, -- over the left. http://dict.die.net/over%20the%20left%20shoulder/

I agree with Philip. And the question almost seems designed for students of BrE, in which case, I think the test makers might expect "mustn't". I'm not sure, though, so let's wait for more responses. Modal expressions separate into the modality and the residue. Modality: must,...

Hi Mister Micawber, Thank you for your help! I guess I didn't know this word before, or it slipped my memory somehow. Anyway, its meaning definitely suits 'wrapped too tight' and both look similar even. By the way, isn't it an interesting linguistic peculiarity when an expression (being...

CalifJim wrote:I prefer to use can not (two words) when the negation applies to the proposition following the modal, cannot (one word) when the negation applies to the modal itself. -- What should I do to show them I no longer want to participate in their organization? -- You can not go to...

The triple negation (didn't, no, nobody) and the indelicate *** are meant to add emphasis. It is an informal expression of:My father wouldn't accept abuse from anyone.

I imagine that, even if you confine it to appearance expressions, you're going to run into trouble with when to use have and when to use has. Secondly, there's going to be a fuss over the question forms do ... have and does ... have. Then there's going to be a stumbling block with negations...

Hi I would like to know more about the use of "since" and "for" with the Present Perfect Simple. I have found that these expressions are mainly used in the Present Perfect Simple in order to show a continuous situation, (especially with stative verbs that most of the time are used only in the...