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Ask for help > Don īt + Verb
Don īt + Verb
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sousou aicha
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Don īt + Verb
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Hello dear colleagues, I need your help in the function of "Don īt + Verb". Does it express prohibition or warning? My colleagues at school taught it to their pupils as prohibition while I taught it as warning. I don īt know who is right and who is wrong. |
27 Feb 2013
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cunliffe
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Prohibition, as in, īDon īt do that! � It can also be a warning, when qualified, as in, īDon īt do that, unless you want to end up dead. �
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27 Feb 2013
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almaz
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And a couple of other uses (I usually get these on a daily basis): As advice: Don īt be so modest.Or a wish: Don īt ever stop being so wonderful.
ahem
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28 Feb 2013
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cunliffe
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Sure you do, almaz. Also possibly, īDon īt be so absolutely over-educated. � |
28 Feb 2013
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