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stop smoking vs. stop to smoke #16 (permalink) Tue Jul 15, 2008 0:55 am   stop smoking vs. stop to smoke
 

I know it's rather unnatural but what I intended to do was use 'smoke' as a noun meaning cigarette. Please take a look at this:

A: I've told you many many times you better put a...
B: A what?
A: stop to smoke (cigarette).
B: It ain't no yer biznis!!
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stop smoking vs. stop to smoke #17 (permalink) Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:23 am   stop smoking vs. stop to smoke
 

No, Haihao. That's not English.

Also, it's not, "It ain't no yer biznis!" but, "It ain't none o' yer biznis!" if you want to be correct in your incorrect English.
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stop smoking vs. stop to smoke #18 (permalink) Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:43 am   stop smoking vs. stop to smoke
 

But people do reduce "none o'" simply to 'no' in that phrase, don't they? Of course "It ain't none o' yer biznis!" is the best incorrect form. :)
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stop smoking vs. stop to smoke #19 (permalink) Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:49 am   stop smoking vs. stop to smoke
 

Haihao wrote:
But people do reduce "none o'" simply to 'no' in that phrase, don't they? Of course "It ain't none o' yer biznis!" is the best incorrect form. :)

They don't reduce "none of" to "no". That's the way many foreigners hear it, but that's not what we do.
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stop smoking vs. stop to smoke #20 (permalink) Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:51 am   stop smoking vs. stop to smoke
 

I am sorry but how about this one:

A: Gimme a smoke (cigarette), buddy.
B: Yer body's rott'n. I tol' ya hundred times you put a...
A: A what?
B: stop to smoke (cigarette).
A: It ain't none o' yer biznis!!

Is this not possible?
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stop smoking vs. stop to smoke #21 (permalink) Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:02 am   stop smoking vs. stop to smoke
 

Haihao, just give up this "stop to smoke" phrase. It's just wrong. The rest is okay, but "a stop to smoke" isn't really English -- formal or informal.
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stop smoking vs. stop to smoke #22 (permalink) Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:07 am   stop smoking vs. stop to smoke
 

I resign, Jamie, and I know it's wrong... now. Sorry, Jamie.
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