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| robarb Nonaglot Senior Member United States languagenpluson Joined 5060 days ago 361 posts - 921 votes  Speaks: Portuguese, English*, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, French Studies: Mandarin, Danish, Russian, Norwegian, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Greek, Latin, Nepali, Modern Hebrew | Message 9 of 10 16 March 2015 at 8:25pm | IP Logged | ||
Right, but be careful with "You may not." It usually means "you are not required to," but it can also mean "You are not allowed to," in the sense of negating "you may." Example: "You may not leave without asking permission." But "You must not" lacks this flexibility: if I say "You must not X," it always means that X is not allowed. Edited by robarb on 17 March 2015 at 4:57pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7206 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 10 of 10 16 March 2015 at 9:35pm | IP Logged | ||
Unless X = fart. You can still do it, but it won't be welcomed. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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