“No, I don’t” in English answers to questions.

Why

does everyone like ice cream?
Why not write something?

In the grammar book that covers the basics of nullification, you’ll use a shortened answer like “i don’t”. An example of this is “posseum questions can be answered with no explanation”. How can I answer “No, I don’t like ice cream”, if a fuller answer is asked?

This has been puzzling me for years. Is a simple or complex question acceptable? What is the whole syntactical logic behind this?

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No rules per se. “Don’t” is to be able to say. “Oh, no” is too long, but a better adjective for it is necessary.

“Don’t” is less formal than “do not”‘s example.

In written form some writers will move towards “I don’t” even if they would usually use “I don’t” themselves when speaking.

In spoken form, “I don’t” says an emphatic answer.
I dont like ice cream but this is a normal way
to explain without introducing a further
person or explaining the fact by which I “did” no matter what I said. Do I really like ice cream?

“I don’t like ice-cream” she said at the end of her speech. Apparently ice cream has nothing to do with it.


Is rhyme important in music?
If you had “don’t” at the end of something, that would have been inappropriate. I

wouldn’t like them here or there.
I am not going to like them! Is that nice?
I don’t like eating whole-grain ham. What should I eat for breakfast?
I think the old asian boys, Sam I

Am, don’t like this line.

Answered on March 19, 2021.
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No rules per se. “Don’t” is to be able to say. “Oh, no” is too long, but a better adjective for it is necessary.

“Don’t” is less formal than “do not”‘s example.

In written form some writers will move towards “I don’t” even if they would usually use “I don’t” themselves when speaking.

In spoken form, “I don’t” says an emphatic answer.
I dont like ice cream but this is a normal way
to explain without introducing a further
person or explaining the fact by which I “did” no matter what I said. Do I really like ice cream?

“I don’t like ice-cream” she said at the end of her speech. Apparently ice cream has nothing to do with it.


Is rhyme important in music?
If you had “don’t” at the end of something, that would have been inappropriate. I

wouldn’t like them here or there.
I am not going to like them! Is that nice?
I don’t like eating whole-grain ham. What should I eat for breakfast?
I think the old asian boys, Sam I

Am, don’t like this line.

Answered on March 19, 2021.
Add Comment

No rules per se. “Don’t” is to be able to say. “Oh, no” is too long, but a better adjective for it is necessary.

“Don’t” is less formal than “do not”‘s example.

In written form some writers will move towards “I don’t” even if they would usually use “I don’t” themselves when speaking.

In spoken form, “I don’t” says an emphatic answer.
I dont like ice cream but this is a normal way
to explain without introducing a further
person or explaining the fact by which I “did” no matter what I said. Do I really like ice cream?

“I don’t like ice-cream” she said at the end of her speech. Apparently ice cream has nothing to do with it.


Is rhyme important in music?
If you had “don’t” at the end of something, that would have been inappropriate. I

wouldn’t like them here or there.
I am not going to like them! Is that nice?
I don’t like eating whole-grain ham. What should I eat for breakfast?
I think the old asian boys, Sam I

Am, don’t like this line.

Answered on March 19, 2021.
Add Comment

No rules per se. “Don’t” is to be able to say. “Oh, no” is too long, but a better adjective for it is necessary.

“Don’t” is less formal than “do not”‘s example.

In written form some writers will move towards “I don’t” even if they would usually use “I don’t” themselves when speaking.

In spoken form, “I don’t” says an emphatic answer.
I dont like ice cream but this is a normal way
to explain without introducing a further
person or explaining the fact by which I “did” no matter what I said. Do I really like ice cream?

“I don’t like ice-cream” she said at the end of her speech. Apparently ice cream has nothing to do with it.


Is rhyme important in music?
If you had “don’t” at the end of something, that would have been inappropriate. I

wouldn’t like them here or there.
I am not going to like them! Is that nice?
I don’t like eating whole-grain ham. What should I eat for breakfast?
I think the old asian boys, Sam I

Am, don’t like this line.

Answered on March 19, 2021.
Add Comment

No rules per se. “Don’t” is to be able to say. “Oh, no” is too long, but a better adjective for it is necessary.

“Don’t” is less formal than “do not”‘s example.

In written form some writers will move towards “I don’t” even if they would usually use “I don’t” themselves when speaking.

In spoken form, “I don’t” says an emphatic answer.
I dont like ice cream but this is a normal way
to explain without introducing a further
person or explaining the fact by which I “did” no matter what I said. Do I really like ice cream?

“I don’t like ice-cream” she said at the end of her speech. Apparently ice cream has nothing to do with it.


Is rhyme important in music?
If you had “don’t” at the end of something, that would have been inappropriate. I

wouldn’t like them here or there.
I am not going to like them! Is that nice?
I don’t like eating whole-grain ham. What should I eat for breakfast?
I think the old asian boys, Sam I

Am, don’t like this line.

Answered on March 19, 2021.
Add Comment

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