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  2. The meaning of DON'T is do not. How to use don't in a sentence. Usage of Don't: Usage Guide

  3. Add to word list. short form of do not: Don't do that - it hurts! Fewer examples. You'll feel cold if you don't wear a coat. Come on - we're going to be late if you don't hurry! I don't feel comfortable in high heels. "There, there, don't cry, " she said. Please don't swear in front of the children.

  4. don'ts, customs, rules, or regulations that forbid something: Compare do 1 ( def 55 ). The boss has a long list of don'ts that you had better observe if you want a promotion. don't. / dəʊnt /.

  5. Answer. Many users have written to us asking whether don't or doesnt is correct in a particular sentence, or asking what the difference between don't and doesn’t is. Both dont and doesn’t are contractions using the verb do and the word not.

  6. n. don'ts, customs, rules, or regulations that forbid something: The boss has a long list of don'ts that you had better observe if you want a promotion.Cf. do1 (def. 56). Don ' t is the standard contraction for do not.

  7. 5 days ago · 1. do not. 2. not standard (except in some dialects) does not. noun. 3. See don'ts. USAGE don't is the standard contraction for do not. As a contraction for does not, don ’ t first appeared in writing in the latter half of the 17th century, about the same time as the first written appearance of other contracted forms with not, like mayn't and ...

  8. 1. contraction of do not. 2. Nonstandard ( except in some dialects ). contraction of does not. n. 3. don'ts, a list of practices to be avoided. Compare do 1 (def. 43). usage: As a contraction for does not, don't first appeared in writing in the latter half of the 17th century and remained standard in both speech and writing through the 18th.

  9. 4 days ago · Rhymes: -əʊnt. Verb [ edit] don't. do not (negative auxiliary [1] ) ( nonstandard) does not. ( African-American Vernacular) Used before an emphatic negative subject. Don’t nobody care. Usage notes [ edit]

  10. Answer. "He doesn't like ice cream" is correct. When choosing between don't and doesn't it is important to remember that don't is a contraction of do and not, and doesn't is a contraction of does and not. Then the choice between do and does depends on its subject. Use does with third person singular subjects (he, she, it, that, John, Kim, a cat).

  11. Don't is a contraction of do not, while doesn't is a contraction of does not, and they both act as auxiliary verbs. In English, don't is used when speaking in the first and second person plural and singular and the third person plural ("I," "you," "we," and "they"). It can be used to make a negative statement: I don't like seafood.

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