BrainKing - Forum (Languages)

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Languages

Ask questions or just talk about different languages. Since BrainKing is an international game site supporting many languages, this board can be kind of useful.

Since we will be dealing with pronunciation of words rather than their spelling, I think it's useful to have a link to The sounds of English and the International Phonetic Alphabet.

To see translations of some frequently used phrases and sentences in other languages see Languages

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4. september 2006, 19:50:19

King Reza

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Is there a particular difference between "Why doesn't he eat dinner?" and "Why does he not eat dinner?"

I mean, do they give different impressions ?

4. september 2006, 23:04:21

Adaptable Ali

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King Reza: Not really, doesn't is just short for does not

5. september 2006, 21:59:20

King Reza

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bouncybouncy:So both "Why doesn't he eat dinner?" and "Why does he not eat dinner?" are used and with exactly the same meaning. How about this one:

Why does not he eat dinner?

I think it's not a very good question since I cannot recall having heard it anywhere.

7. september 2006, 16:37:30

Adaptable Ali

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Onderwerp: Re:Why does not he eat dinner?

King Reza: That is very bad English and would not be used.