got confused

I got confused about these expressions below:

1.Have you lost your mind ?
Are you out of ( your ) mind ?

same thing?

2. I just don't understand this sentence below.

1) You didn't think I had noticed this ?!
2)Do you see it or don't you ? (why not " do you see it or you don't ?")
3) Don't you ever knock on the door ! ( a woman said that to a man who didn't knock on the door before going into her room)

[billy]

sorry , I forgot to log in before I posted the subject above.



I appreciate your help . :)

[Tdol]

Originally Posted by Anonymous

1.Have you lost your mind ?
Are you out of ( your ) mind ?

same thing?

Yes. Some might say that the first is stronger as the second doesn't carry the idea of permanence.

Originally Posted by Anonymous

2. I just don't understand this sentence below.

1) You didn't think I had noticed this ?!
2)Do you see it or don't you ? (why not " do you see it or you don't ?")
3) Don't you ever knock on the door ! ( a woman said that to a man who didn't knock on the door before going into her room)

1- The person is telling the listener that they had noticed something that, I imagine, the listener was hoping had gone unnoticed.
2-It's really two questions. you could also say 'Do you see it or not?'
3- The woman is wondering whether the man has any manners as you should always knock on a door.

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by Anonymous

I get confused by the expressions below:

1.Have you lost your mind ?
Are you out of ( your ) mind ?

same thing?

2. I just don't understand this sentence below.

1)You didn't think I had noticed this ?!
2)Do you see it or don't you ?
(Why not "Do you see it or you don't ?")
3)Don't you ever knock! ( a woman said that to a man who didn't knock on the door before going into her room)

I like what tdol wrote; so much so, in fact, I want to play too! :D

To me, 1a and 1b mean different things:

1a. Have you lost your mind?
==> Have you temporarily lost the ability to think logically/rationally?

1b. Are you out of your mind?
==> Are you crazy/insane?

To me, 2-1 You didn't think I had noticed this? sounds more natural written like this,

2-1. You didn't think I would (I'd)notice this?
==> You assumed that I would not notice this, but I noticed.

2-2. Do you see it or don't you (see it)?
==> Do you see it? OR Don't you see it? Which?

Note, Do you see it or you don't is ungrammatical. "or" joins to like constituents:

Do you see it + Do not you see it = Do you see it or don't you (see it)?

:D

[Tdol]

Reading your answer, I think I'd like to change mine to agree on the issue of my sanity.

[RonBee]

I don't know that I would make a distinction between Have you lost your mind? and Are you out of your mind? In either case the speaker is questioning the sanity of the other. In other words, he is doubtful that the other is behaving rationally. It may be that they are used differently, but maybe they aren't.

:)

[Tdol]

They are both doubting, but one might be a temporary abberation, rather than the full blown craziness. Or maybe not. I might just be out of my mind today.

[billy]

thank you all very,very much for the reply !


I've learned so much here from you! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[billy]

Originally Posted by Casiopea

I like what tdol wrote; so much so, in fact, I want to play too! :D

To me, 1a and 1b mean different things:

1a. Have you lost your mind?
==> Have you temporarily lost the ability to think logically/rationally?

1b. Are you out of your mind?
==> Are you crazy/insane?

To me, 2-1 You didn't think I had noticed this? sounds more natural written like this,

2-1. You didn't think I would (I'd)notice this?
==> You assumed that I would not notice this, but I noticed.

2-2. Do you see it or don't you (see it)?
==> Do you see it? OR Don't you see it? Which?

Note, Do you see it or you don't is ungrammatical. "or" joins to like constituents:

Do you see it + Do not you see it = Do you see it or don't you (see it)?

:D

thank you for correcting the grammartical mistakes! By the way, could you possibly tell me something about the usage of confused followed by a preposition (eg.:get confused about , get confused by ,and so on) ? [/i]

[Tdol]

I'f used for 'confused about' for facts that I wasn't sure of and 'by' for the person or process that caused me to get confused. ;-0