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[Alessandro]

Olá!!
Alguém pode me esclarecer quando usar DON'T e quando usar o NOT.... é meio confuso para mim...
Thanks

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[Alessandro]

Resposta 1
Don't = do not...

Not is just when you aren't using the verb to do. That is a brief
explanation. Someone else can give a more detailed explanation.

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Resposta 2

Hi, Ana.

Para ficar mais claro:
Não use DON´T com os verbos TO BE e TO HAVE, ok?

You are not sick. Or You´re not sick. Or you arén´t sick.
You have not a car. Or You´re have not a car. Or You´re haven´t a car.
Com outros verbos:
You don´t KNOW...
You don´t SAY...
You don´t WRITE...

Did You understand?

Bye,

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Resposta 3

We do use the word don`t with the verbs to be and to have.

Examples:
Don`t be late.
Nào se atrase.

I don`t have a car.
Eu não tenho carro

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[Alessandro]

From BBC:

A question from Batchazi:
Thank you in advance for letting me know which is the right form between ‘I haven't’ and ‘I don't have’. I sometimes hear the second form, but I don't know why they don't say ‘I haven't’. Thank you very much.

Karen Adams answers:
‘Have’ is a very interesting verb because it has many purposes. Sometimes it's an auxiliary verb, for example in the present perfect – ‘I've seen that film’ – ‘have’ here doesn't really have a meaning, it just helps support the main verb ‘see’. Other auxiliary verbs are verbs such as ‘do’ so – ‘Do you have a pen?’ where ‘do’ is the auxiliary verb. But in the example – ‘do you have a pen?’, ‘have’ actually is a main verb, it has some meaning. It means own or possess. So sometimes ‘have’ is an auxiliary verb and sometimes it's a main verb.

In the question we're asked about the difference between ‘I haven't’ and ‘I don't have’. When we use ‘I don't have’, for example – ‘I don't have a pen’ – we're using ‘have’ as a main verb meaning to own or possess: ‘I don't have a car’ – ‘Do you have a pencil?’ We need the auxiliary verb ‘do’ to help support the main verb ‘have’. Occasionally you'll hear someone say – ‘I haven't a clue’, but using ‘haven't’ in this way isn't really usual. So for example we wouldn't normally say ‘I haven't a pen’ or ‘I haven't a book’. We would normally say – ‘I don't have a book’, or ‘I don't have pen’.

In British English, of course, you might also hear ‘I've got’: ‘I've got a book’, ‘I've got a pen’, ‘I've got a new car’. Here ‘have’ is playing the part of the auxiliary verb and this is where we can use ‘haven't’: ‘I haven't got a book’, ‘I haven't got a pen’, ‘Have you got a new car?’

It's important to remember then that ‘have’ can be a main verb or an auxiliary verb. If it's a main verb you need another auxiliary to support it, such as ‘do’. ‘Do you have a new car?’

When it's an auxiliary verb it's helping another verb – ‘Have you got a new car?’ But please try to avoid – ‘I haven't a new car.’


http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learn ... ge48.shtml