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# {{contraction of|[[do]] [[not]]}} |
# {{contraction of|[[do]] [[not]]}} |
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#* ''I '''don’t''' like it.'' |
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#* The Police, "Don't Stand So Close to Me", Zenyatta Mondatta, A&M Records: |
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#* '''''Don’t''' Stand, '''Don’t''' stand so, '''Don’t''' stand so close to me.'' (The Police, "Don't Stand So Close to Me", Zenyatta Mondatta, A&M Records) |
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# Negative imperative. Cannot be replaced by ''do not'' if followed by ''you''. |
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#* '''''Don’t''' you die!'' |
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#* '''''Don’t''' be late.'' |
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# {{nonstandard}} Used with ''[[let's]]'' to negate it. ''Let's not'' in standard English. |
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#* ''Let’s '''don’t''' talk about it.'' {{US}} |
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#* '''''Don’t''' let’s talk about it.'' {{UK}} |
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# {{nonstandard}} {{contraction of|[[does]] [[not]]}} |
# {{nonstandard}} {{contraction of|[[does]] [[not]]}} |
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#* ''' |
#* ''I sure hope the road '''don’t''' come to own me.'' (1971, Carol King, “So Far Away”, ''Tapestry'', Ode Records) |
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#*: I sure hope the road '''don’t''' come to own me. |
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# {{context|AAVE}} {{non-gloss definition|Used before an emphatic negative subject.}} |
# {{context|AAVE}} {{non-gloss definition|Used before an emphatic negative subject.}} |
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#: '''''Don’t''' nobody care.'' |
#: '''''Don’t''' nobody care.'' |
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Revision as of 10:22, 28 December 2008
See also: dont
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) Lua error: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "/dəʊnt/" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages)., Template:SAMPA
- (US) Lua error: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "/doʊnt/" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages)., Template:SAMPA
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "en-us-don't.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.noicon (file) - Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "əʊnt" is not valid. See WT:LOL.
Contraction
don’t
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "do not" is not valid. See WT:LOL.
- I don’t like it.
- Don’t Stand, Don’t stand so, Don’t stand so close to me. (The Police, "Don't Stand So Close to Me", Zenyatta Mondatta, A&M Records)
- Negative imperative. Cannot be replaced by do not if followed by you.
- Don’t you die!
- Don’t be late.
- Template:nonstandard Used with let's to negate it. Let's not in standard English.
- Let’s don’t talk about it. Template:US
- Don’t let’s talk about it. Template:UK
- Template:nonstandard Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "does not" is not valid. See WT:LOL.
- I sure hope the road don’t come to own me. (1971, Carol King, “So Far Away”, Tapestry, Ode Records)
- (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "AAVE" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Used before an emphatic negative subject.
- Don’t nobody care.
Translations
do not
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Noun
don't (plural don'ts)
- Something that must not be done (usually in the phrase (deprecated template usage) dos and don’ts).