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Are all sentences OK? They won't acknowledge the existence of a problem. Don't you acknowledge that you caused this mess? and Don't you accept that you caused this mess?
Apr 24, 2014 8:06 PM
Answers · 4
The connotation between "don't" and "won't" is a bit different though. "Don't" is more accusatory. "Won't" comes across as more pleading, than demanding. A slightly more neutral way to ask would be to remove the negative. "Do you acknowledge" & "do you accept"
April 24, 2014
In my part of America, all of these are correct. TbilisiTime's versions using "won't" instead of "don't" are also acceptable in my part of America too; although, I think I hear more people say "don't" here. Just like I hear more people ask "Don't you agree that he should study more?" more often here than I hear "Wouldn't you agree that he should study more?"
April 24, 2014
They're all fine. TblisiTime's changes are acceptable as well.
April 24, 2014
"They won't acknowledge the existence of a problem." <- OK The others should be: Won't you acknowledge that you caused this mess? Won't you accept that you caused this mess?
April 24, 2014
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