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Sorry for my late response, I had very many other things to do. Unfortunately I faced the problem again and it reminded me of this thread. Would be nice to get another answer. Thank you so much for your help, you are a very good community.





Do you mean it like this:

Child: Can I get another piece of candy?

Father: Would you like another piece of candy? No!


Or like this:

(Child gets a piece of candy)

Father: Would you like another piece of candy? No!

Child: yes

Father: Okay, here it is.
The father is adding his expected answer.
You have had enough candy, you don't want more do you?
Depending on the particular father it might mean the kid gets what ever he wants or with another father it might mean there is no way he is getting any more.
 
Thank you. But didn't Bud16415 talk about the answer and not the question?

Yes! Your answer about No: is correct.


Can I ask what country are you from? No.


That was the conversation we talked about:
Bryan: But they are not the same then.
Cathy: No they aren´t.


And Bud16415 and me talked about Cathy's answer and not the question, or did I misunderstand something?
 
Do you mean it like this:

Child: Can I get another piece of candy?

Father: Would you like another piece of candy? No!


Or like this:

(Child gets a piece of candy)

Father: Would you like another piece of candy? No!

Child: yes

Father: Okay, here it is.


rickydixtor, Yesterday at 12:36 AM Report

In post 40 this is you, yes?:rolleyes:
 
That was just another example I wrote, because I didn't understand the following answer of bud16415:
Yes we sometimes infer things with the inflection we use in speech. It doesn’t always come across the same in writing. We use Yes and No as answers as you would expect but we also use them as a form of explanation mark sometimes.

You may tell your child that is asking for a second piece of candy. Would you like another piece of candy? No!. It is a figure of speech where we don’t expect an answer but phrased as a question with only one answer that is correct.

In your case I said it because the topic was the usage so I did it as an example of that.

... and his answer relates to the following conversation:
Bryan: But they are not the same then.
Cathy: No they aren´t.


So he seems to talk about questions with "no", but in the original example the "no" is in the answer? I hope you understand what I mean. :/
 
good grief, I've lived in this country since I was born, now , am I confused ? ? , yep
 
I know now this is new, no?
Nah!
By the way, that's a 73 pound sailfish, caught off Port Everglades Florida
 
Sorry for confusing you. ;) Bud16415 can you help me and explain your post?

Yes we sometimes infer things with the inflection we use in speech. It doesn’t always come across the same in writing. We use Yes and No as answers as you would expect but we also use them as a form of explanation mark sometimes.

You may tell your child that is asking for a second piece of candy. Would you like another piece of candy? No!. It is a figure of speech where we don’t expect an answer but phrased as a question with only one answer that is correct.

In your case I said it because the topic was the usage so I did it as an example of that.
Where in my original example (post 1) is this the case? Would be very happy to get an answer. :)
 
Bryan: But they are not the same then.
Cathy: No they aren´t.

No they aren’t. Or, No! They are not the same. Or correctly, Yes they are not the same. Or better yet, They are different.


No they aren’t, is a confirmation of the first speaker’s statement.
 
I unterstand, thank you. But what's the similarity to your example "Can I ask what country are you from? No."?

You explained it is similar.
 
???
Pls help me one more time, sry. But I really want to understand it, my English needs to get better. :(
 
Bud16415?
I answered your above Yes you can because you asked if I can answer the question? Then the next response from the other person would be. “What country do you live in? and my answer would be USA.
 
I think you misunderstood me. You wrote "Can I ask what country are you from? No." and said it is similar to this conversation:
"Bryan: But they are not the same then.
Cathy: No they aren´t."

But where are these sentences similar?
 
bud16415 can you please help me? I know i am annoying but I really want to know the answer :)
 
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