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  2. American and British English grammatical differences

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    The AmE response would be "He must have." omitting the form of "do". The BrE usage is commonly found with all forms of "do", for example: [23] I have done. I haven't done. I will do. I might have done. I could do. I could have done. I should do. I should have done. Except in the negative, the initial pronoun may be omitted in informal speech.

  3. Affirmation and negation - Wikipedia

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    This is done by replacing an assertion that something is the case with an assertion that it is not the case. In some cases, however, particularly when a particular modality is expressed, the semantic effect of negation may be somewhat different. For example, in English, the meaning of "you must not go" is not the exact negation of "you must go".

  4. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    If you want a thing done well, do it yourself; If you have never seen the bottom of the tree, you cannot know how tall it stands; If you must dance with the Devil, you might as well know his favorite song (H. Anthony Ribadeneira) If you've got it, flaunt it; Ignorance is bliss; Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

  5. Yes and no - Wikipedia

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    Others simply do not have designated yes and no words, like Welsh, Irish, Latin, Thai, and Chinese. [1] Echo responses avoid the issue of what an unadorned yes means in response to a negative question. Yes and no can be used as a response to a variety of situations – but are better suited in response to simple questions.

  6. Ben Franklin effect - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin Franklin, after whom the effect is named, quoted what he described as an "old maxim" in his autobiography: "He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged." [2]

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  9. Double negative - Wikipedia

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    Double or multiple negatives are grammatically required in Hungarian with negative pronouns: Nincs semmim (word for word: "[doesn't-exists] [nothing-of-mine]", and translates literally as "I do not have nothing") means "I do not have anything". Negative pronouns are constructed by means of adding the prefixes se-, sem-, and sen-to interrogative ...