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He is not a film buff like me.
He don't have a film buff like me.

Do both the sentences convey the same meaning?
 
#2 is incorrect. Use #1.
 
Why 2nd one is incorrect? I understand that 2nd one convey that he is not interested in seeing movie. So I want to understand why it is incorrect.
Thank you.
 
As well as not making sense, #2 is ungrammatical.
 
suniljain said:
Why 2nd one is incorrect?
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First, do you understand the difference between the verbs 'to be' and 'to have'?
Do you see the difference between the following?:
"I am not a teacher."
"I don't have a teacher."
 
I think #2 would be correct if it was written as 'He doesn't have an interest in films like me', but I am not a teacher.
 
The "like me" makes the sentence ambiguous. One can't tell if you like films or not.
 
Raymott said:
First, do you understand the difference between the verbs 'to be' and 'to have'?
Do you see the difference between the following?:
"I am not a teacher."
"I don't have a teacher."
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Just to understand bit better my doubt is:
Teacher is a person and buff is a human nature. Like I can say- He don't have this quality.
 
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I agree.
 
Here buff means: who is very interested in a particular subject
 
It means a person who is very interested in something.
I am an old movie buff.
He is not an old movie buff.

I have an interest in old movies.
He does not have an interest in old movies.

I am an old movie buff, but he has no interest in the movies I like.

Note your "he don't" made it ungrammatical. He doesn't.
 
Thank you.

He is not a film buff like me.
He doesn't have a film buff like me.

Now I understand both the sentences are correct. Am I right?
 
The second sentence is questionable. It needs context.
 
suniljain said:
Thank you.

He is not a film buff like me.
He doesn't have a film buff like me.

Now I understand both the sentences are correct. Am I right?
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They certainly don't mean the same thing.

If you think they do, go back to the earlier post that asked whether you understand the difference between "I am a teacher" and "I have a teacher."

Let's say I'm married to someone who loves movies. He is a film buff. He teaches me about movies. Someone notices I now know a lot more about movies than our friend Mary. That's not surprising because Mary doesn't have a film buff like I do (to teach her).
 
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