doesn't
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See also: doesnt
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʌzənt/, [ˈdʌzn̩t], (colloquial) /ˈdʌn(t)/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈdʌzənt/, [ˈdʌzn̩t], /ˈdʌdənt/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ənt, -ʌn, -ʌnt
Verb[edit]
doesn't
- Does not (negative auxiliary[1])
- July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises[1]
- Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.
- 2015 November 30, Shane O'Mara, Why Torture Doesn’t Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation[2], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 12:
- Santorum, in a comment regarding Senator John McCain's repudiation of torture, stated, "He doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works. I mean, you break somebody, and after they've broken they become cooperative" (Summers 2011).
- July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises[1]
Synonyms[edit]
- don't (nonstandard)
Translations[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ Arnold M. Zwicky and Geoffrey K. Pullum, Cliticization vs. Inflection: English n’t, Language 59 (3), 1983, pp. 502-513
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