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CalifJim wrote:this also at the same time tell people that you may not feel proud NOW living in Malaysia since you use past tense.whl626,A statement in the past tense does not imply the negation of the same statement in the present tense.See Post:379670.CJ I know but comparing the simple...

this also at the same time tell people that you may not feel proud NOW living in Malaysia since you use past tense.whl626, A statement in the past tense does not imply the negation of the same statement in the present tense. See Post:379670. CJ

That was my sister's best friend, Carol. As used in your little dialog, this is a perfect example that saying was does not necessarily mean no longer is -- or, in more general terms, that the use of the past tense does not imply the negation of the present tense. CJ

Inchoateknowledge wrote: Tense simplification means the future tense is not always unnecessary in sub clauses, and not that it is always wrong to use it. OK, if this is what you mean, this is a very convoluted definition, one which I would not use, with two negations in sequence (not,...

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...

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 "don't...