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Why is “won't†used instead of “doesn't†sometimes?
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I've started noticing people using constructions like "something won't do something" as a present tense instead of "something doesn't do something".
For example, here is a piece from Eminem's song
but he keeps on forgettin'
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
My question is is it ok to say like this and is there any specific rule that says in which situations one can use won't when they would normally use don't/doesn't?
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I've started noticing people using constructions like "something won't do something" as a present tense instead of "something doesn't do something".
For example, here is a piece from Eminem's song
but he keeps on forgettin'
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
My question is is it ok to say like this and is there any specific rule that says in which situations one can use won't when they would normally use don't/doesn't?
tense future-tense
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I've started noticing people using constructions like "something won't do something" as a present tense instead of "something doesn't do something".
For example, here is a piece from Eminem's song
but he keeps on forgettin'
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
My question is is it ok to say like this and is there any specific rule that says in which situations one can use won't when they would normally use don't/doesn't?
tense future-tense
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I've started noticing people using constructions like "something won't do something" as a present tense instead of "something doesn't do something".
For example, here is a piece from Eminem's song
but he keeps on forgettin'
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
My question is is it ok to say like this and is there any specific rule that says in which situations one can use won't when they would normally use don't/doesn't?
tense future-tense
tense future-tense
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The example is using figurative language to describe the scene. Don't come out would be the most grammatical form to use in that situation, but the song is trying to evoke the sense of a struggle, a fight between the character and the words.
Don't is a more neutral term. It's a simple statement of fact - the words do not come. The line is about the singer's surprise that the words he's expecting don't come.
Won't personifies the words and grants them agency - they refuse to come out, while the character is trying to make them. The line is then about the singer fighting, trying to make the words come out.
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There, won't means "refuse to". Similar contexts can be found among the results here.
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The example is using figurative language to describe the scene. Don't come out would be the most grammatical form to use in that situation, but the song is trying to evoke the sense of a struggle, a fight between the character and the words.
Don't is a more neutral term. It's a simple statement of fact - the words do not come. The line is about the singer's surprise that the words he's expecting don't come.
Won't personifies the words and grants them agency - they refuse to come out, while the character is trying to make them. The line is then about the singer fighting, trying to make the words come out.
answered 51 mins ago
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The example is using figurative language to describe the scene. Don't come out would be the most grammatical form to use in that situation, but the song is trying to evoke the sense of a struggle, a fight between the character and the words.
Don't is a more neutral term. It's a simple statement of fact - the words do not come. The line is about the singer's surprise that the words he's expecting don't come.
Won't personifies the words and grants them agency - they refuse to come out, while the character is trying to make them. The line is then about the singer fighting, trying to make the words come out.
answered 51 mins ago
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The example is using figurative language to describe the scene. Don't come out would be the most grammatical form to use in that situation, but the song is trying to evoke the sense of a struggle, a fight between the character and the words.
Don't is a more neutral term. It's a simple statement of fact - the words do not come. The line is about the singer's surprise that the words he's expecting don't come.
Won't personifies the words and grants them agency - they refuse to come out, while the character is trying to make them. The line is then about the singer fighting, trying to make the words come out.
answered 51 mins ago
Werrf
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The example is using figurative language to describe the scene. Don't come out would be the most grammatical form to use in that situation, but the song is trying to evoke the sense of a struggle, a fight between the character and the words.
Don't is a more neutral term. It's a simple statement of fact - the words do not come. The line is about the singer's surprise that the words he's expecting don't come.
Won't personifies the words and grants them agency - they refuse to come out, while the character is trying to make them. The line is then about the singer fighting, trying to make the words come out.
answered 51 mins ago
Werrf
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answered 51 mins ago
Werrf
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answered 51 mins ago
Werrf
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answered 51 mins ago
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There, won't means "refuse to". Similar contexts can be found among the results here.
answered 53 mins ago
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There, won't means "refuse to". Similar contexts can be found among the results here.
answered 53 mins ago
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There, won't means "refuse to". Similar contexts can be found among the results here.
answered 53 mins ago
TᴚoɯÉÂuo
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There, won't means "refuse to". Similar contexts can be found among the results here.
answered 53 mins ago
TᴚoɯÉÂuo
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answered 53 mins ago
TᴚoɯÉÂuo
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answered 53 mins ago
TᴚoɯÉÂuo
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answered 53 mins ago
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