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who doesn’t or who does not ...

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Hello,
for the negative questions of “who”, we use;
“ who doesn’t want to be happy? “

what if i would like to separate as “does not” in formal style

“ who does not want? “ is it correct?
or should i write as “ who does want not? “

which one is correct?
Thank you.
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Re: who doesn’t or who does not ...

Post by Alan »

Who does want not to be happy?

is a theoretically possible, but highly unnatural, word order.

Use: Who does not want...?
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