{"id":72735,"date":"2019-11-02T08:15:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T08:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=72735"},"modified":"2019-11-02T08:15:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T08:15:35","slug":"the-addition-of-contraries-to-remarks-already-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/the-addition-of-contraries-to-remarks-already-made\/","title":{"rendered":"The Addition Of Contraries To Remarks Already Made"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Read the sentences given below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>He used to drink, but I never did.<\/li>\n<li>He can smoke if he wants, but you mustn\u2019t.<\/li>\n<li>He can swim well, but I can\u2019t.<\/li>\n<li>She needn\u2019t pay, but you must.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Grammar notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The negative of used to is never did. Usedn\u2019t to is possible but is extremely rare.<\/p>\n<p>When <strong>must<\/strong> shows obligation, its negative is <strong>needn\u2019t.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When <strong>can<\/strong> shows permission, its negative is <strong>mustn\u2019t<\/strong> or sometimes <strong>mayn\u2019t<\/strong> (= prohibition).<\/p>\n<p>When <strong>can<\/strong> shows ability, its negative is <strong>can\u2019t.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Must I wait? You needn\u2019t. (no obligation to wait)<\/li>\n<li>Can I go? You mustn\u2019t. (prohibition)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read the sentences given below. He used to drink, but I never did. He can smoke if he wants, but you mustn\u2019t. He can swim well, but I can\u2019t. She needn\u2019t pay, but you&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speaking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72735"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72736,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72735\/revisions\/72736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}