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#2 (permalink) Wed Jan 03, 2007 16:44 pm Grammar question Why not plus ing-form? |
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Welcome, Blacky!
As far as I know, 'why not + -ing is not good English. But you can say: "Why not go home now?". |
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#3 (permalink) Wed Jan 03, 2007 18:21 pm Grammar question Why not plus ing-form? |
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"Why not go home now?" is a suggestion. You're really saying, "Let's go home now."
It is possible that the question is not rhetorical... that the asker is actually wanting reasons for not going home. In practice, though, it's usually a plea to leave.
"Why aren't we going home now?" or "Why aren't we going (leaving) now?" is just about the same -- let's get out of here! _________________ Billie Jean is not my lover. Hee. |
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It cannot, nor it is not. – 'double inversion'? :) | Do all adjectives + ly become adverb? |