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Bookmark or Share- meaning - Use of did not and have not - English Language Learners Stack ...He simply forgot it. However, did not bring would suggest that the event happened in past and not recently whereas, if you say has not brought will give a flair of something that has happened recently or at least has its effect till now. In this particular case, today does not sound as natural with did not bring as with has not brought.
- How to choose a proper contraction "it's not" versus "it isn't"?In the Python sketch, the emphasised word is 'it' not, 'not'. Part of the humour in the sketch is the repetition of it - 'It is.' 'No, it isn't.' 'Yes it is.'. This wouldn't have carried the same impact if the humour was based on, perhaps, the back and forth of 'It's not', 'Yes, it is.' 'No, it's not.'
- conjunctions - Not....but only, or not....but - English Language ...I would say that "It is not metaphorical, but only literal" is valid, but you can go ahead to leave "but" out. Saying "It is not [adj], but only [adj]" is implying that the noun that you're talking about (it) is only describable in only one adjective. Saying "It is not [adj], only [adj]" will imply the same thing.
- "Not I" or "Not me"? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange"Not I" is grammatically correct but old-fashioned and formal. People don't speak like that nowadays. "Who took my book?" If you say "Not I" that means "I didn't take your book" If you say "Not me" (which is the prefered version) that means "It wasn't me who took your book" The same is in the affirmative sentences, where the "I" version is formal.
- "Who is you" – not "are" - English Language Learners Stack ExchangePart of the reason for confusion, I think, is that English has almost, but not completely, eliminated some of the kinds of inflection that still exist in related languages such as German. For example, the German word haben (to have) conjugates as follows: 1st person: ich habe (singular), wir haben (plural) 2nd person: du hast (singular), ihr ...
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