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Why do you have "(aux)" after "verb"? Subject + correct form of "do" + negation + adverb + main verb, not "verb (aux)" (But still: I haven't any idea is correct grammar. It doesn't require the "I don't have" form.)

This is not a double negation. A double negation is two negatives in the same clause!!! Did I not just tell you is one clause. The not applies to the verb tell . to not say that is another clause. The not applies to the verb say . (By the way, I would have rephrased it as Didn't I just...

that he will win. If you did, it would support the claim that but means only or merely . But I think it will be hard to find examples like that. CJ

Here are some examples The main point is to explain the correct answer The sentences are little-bit childisch ;they are some modified sentences. I am afraid that my explanations seems to be a little childisch, too. So please help me how to turn it into the right explanation. Mary was real...

that I know how to ... (NO!)

Do existed in Old English more than a thousand years ago as a regular verb and meant to cause . It is impossible to say who introduced it to English. It's use as an auxiliary in questions and negations was established in Shakespeare's day when it was correct to say both I know not him...

That's too big a question for this type of forum! There are many uses for each of those words. Let me just touch on a few aspects of the answer. 1. As an object of a verb, someone is generally used in assertive sentences, anyone in all others (negations, questions). The meanings are...

I think you all are missing one thing; it's the very basic question. The definition of operator. Up till now no one has defined what operators actually are. Operators are verbs with special properties as explained in the article I cited for you above. Some authors just...

I will take you up on your words. "I've never seen things like 'must not have contained' in any grammar book." Buy a decent book then. 'Must have been' exists so its negation: must not have been exists too. Replace the word "been" for "contained". Before you give up English revise...

I don't know any systems of analysis, the following is just my opinion which may not correspond with the classical grammar. «This is not the truth» What is effected by «not»? It is either «is» (1) or «the truth» (2): 1. This (is not) the truth 2....