A)  No, I didn't miss you.  B)  Yes, I didn't miss you.  C)  No, I did miss you.  D)  Yes, I did miss you.  According to my common sense perfect answers can be C) and B) only, and reason behind it is-  "didn't" is used/asked in the question, so if the person answering the question agrees with the person asking the question he will probably say "Yes, I didn't miss you," and if he does not agree he should answer "No, I did miss you."  I have checked online everywhere and all four are treated as correct. So, just asking to the experts present here for their views on this, in any context of English language or usage.  EDIT1 : Actually i was hoping that the SPEAKER Of QUESTION can tweak the question to get the desired answers only( only (B), and (C) in my case).But, the English seems to be weak to me after reading all the answers and responses from the experts,as the SPEAKER OF ANSWER totally has the control of the responses and he can speak any of the all four answers A,B,C,D.  What if the question asked was :  Do you miss me a little?   OR Did you miss me a little?    OR SIMPLY Did you miss me?  I guess again all the previous answers A,B,C,D are correct. ;-)
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The Germans have doch and the French have si as a word that means "yes" in response to a negative question, such as:     Don't you want some ice-cream?   Yes [I do]!   In English, we only have yes (as far as I know) and further clarification is required in order to be unambiguous.  Did we ever have such a word in English and, if so, what happened to it? If not, given the French and Germanic influences on English, any idea why not?
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"I would have been prey for those cats had you not come, am I right?" Is this grammatically correct?   I dont understand that "had you not come" part. Is this some kind of conditional? Shouldn't there be something like "If you didnt come"?
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Which answer is correct?       Tony _______to have children until his little daughter was born. After   she won his heart, he decided he wanted a big family.       A. didn't want.   B. hadn't wanted.   This is a multiple choice question from the Understanding and Using English Grammar Workbook 3rd edition by Betty Azar. To me, both answers are correct as I cannot see the diffrence. Please show me the wrong option to delete.
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In common American English usage, these two questions elicit the same response:   Do you have a ticket? Don't you have a ticket?   These are the usual answers (I was going to say "possible answers" but I can think of a whole host of situations where one could get other answers, e.g. wake up someone in the middle of the night and ask it, the answer might easily be "I don't know" or "maybe" or "hey, just let me sleep!"... but that's neither here nor there... :-)   Positive: "Yes" or "Yes, I do". Negative "No" or "No, I do not".   But consider this: the questions are logically equivalent to:   You have a ticket, right? You do not have a ticket, right?   Here I am not so sure that a "Yes, that's right" response means the same thing to each question. (One could still, however, use "Yes, I do" as @F'x answer in  illustrates, to remain valid and unambiguous.)  (As a side note, it is interesting to compare the same question in Chinese, where one literally asks "Do you have/not have a ticket?" and the common answers are:   "[I] have" "[I] not have"   ...which also removes the ambiguity... while at the same time straying from my original question:-)  So why can I rewrite the questions so that they are essentially equivalent yet expect different answers?
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I have heard several sentences in which there was a prominent double negative, but the double negative "sounded right".  Is this ever true, or is it just a misleading feeling?  Edited to include an example:  "Did you enjoy the movie?"  "Well, I didn't not enjoy it, but..."  I suppose that may just be bad grammar, but sometimes it seems to be the quickest way to say it.
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very often we see the description like this:  Many people realize that they didn't do any wrongdoings, so they cannot understand why they have to be punished. or ...., so they cannot understand why do they have to be punished.   or we ask "why do you fight?" can we omit the "do",  say "why you fight?"  Thanks!!
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I don't think you understood me. / I think you misunderstood me.    Do these senteces mean the same thing? If not, what's the difference?  Edit: I just realized that I asked something different from what I originally wanted. So I am also interested in the following comparison:     I don't think you understand me. / I think you don't understand me.
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Its a simple ask as it doesn't appear to be wrong while using it in emails etc.  I didn't had breakfast or i didnt have breakfast.  Which one of above is better in grammatical manner.
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In English, when presented with a list (real or imagined) or answers that could be given to a question, and the correct one is not given, we will say that somebody has given "the wrong answer".  However, doesn't "the" imply that there is only one wrong answer?    Logically, it should be "that's a wrong answer", not "that's the wrong answer". Right?
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What is the correct way to convert "used to do" into a question? Since I want to emphasize that the action is not on-going any more, so simple past tense is not a good idea here. Could I say "do xxx use to do" or "did xxx use to do"? Both sound weird to me.  If there is no way to do it. Do you suggest any other alternatives?
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The following extract  from M-W Learner's Dictionary comments on the usage of "don't":           is occasionally used in American English speech and in historical writing as a contraction of does not (as in, "He don't know where he is going."), but this use is now considered improper and should be avoided. Remember that in modern speech and writing, don't cannot be used in the third person singular.       actually confirms the historical usage, but this ungrammatical expression appears to be relatively common still nowadays, and not only in spoken language.  Questions:   Was the usage of "don't" for the third singular person considered grammatical/correct in the past? If so,  When and why did the "does" form become considered to be the only correct expression?   Is its current usage still and AmE thing or is it used as nonstandard expression also in other English dialects?
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Is the following correct, or is there more to it?  "I forgot his name" — I knew his name, but I forgot it.  "I forget his name" — I keep forgetting his name. Where using "forget" basically means that you tried to remember this information before as well, but you couldn't then either.
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My friend just answered to one of my important questions. Now how should I reply to him?        That question had been in my head for a long time, finally, I got my answer      or        That question has been in my head for a long time, finally, I got an answer.      Basically, I am confused with had and have. Since that question is not anymore in my head after having got an answer, what should be used? (I am also confused whether it is possible to use having instead.)
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When somebody ask me What's up? I answer I am well, thank you.  Is that the expected answer, or should I answer something else? What does a native speaker understand when I reply like that?
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I always use google with double quotes to get the answer for similar questions by looking at results number (assuming that the majority are correct), well, it is not the case here. In these days, we intensively use the statement Wish you happy New Year and Wish you Merry Christmas, Well, I have noticed, even here, that some use (a) before happy and merry and some don't. Which one is correct ? Wish you Merry Christmas / Wish you a Merry Christmas for everybody here.
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I often see questions on Stack Exchange sites which I presume are written by non-native English speakers who use the word "doubt" in place of the word "question". Is this a case of misunderstanding the correct meaning or are people being taught that this is correct usage?
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I have often noticed people who make statements, actually ending with a question mark when written, but where there is no actual question asked.    The question is implied sufficiently enough in the context of the statement, and/or the previous statement that the question portion can be omitted.  Some examples:     Sandra: I'm not walking to the theatre as I didn't bring a jacket.Julie: I have a spare jacket?   In the above, it is clear that Julie is asking "would you like to borrow my spare jacket so that we can walk to the theatre".     Paul: We aren't going to Pizza Hut at lunch as it's too far to walk in an hour.Dave: I have my car today?   Again, it is clear that Dave is offering to drive and asking if that is an option.  Is there a term to describe this?