Will not you go / will you not go

[slovac]

Could you tell me please which option you prefer?
Will not you go...?
OR
Will you not go...?

I would like to use an unabbreviated version.

Thank you

 

[purpleannex]

Will not you go...? isn't English.

 

[slovac]

Thank you.

 

[AlphadogZero]

Isn't "won't" short for "will not"?Then why is "will not you go" wrong?
I guess this is what our fellow slovac is asking.And now i join him.
Share with us some wisdom,please!

 

[slovac]

It is just grammar. I was also wondered when I saw it first time. You have to memorize it.

 

[Forero]

Where I live, "Will not you go ..." can be said, but it is unusual. It is not wrong or non-English.

 

[AlphadogZero]

Where I live, "Will not you go ..." can be said, but it is unusual. It is not wrong or non-English.

Exactly what i thought,due to "won't" being the contracted form of "will not",i don't see why it shouldn't be spoken,it's unnusual,as you said,but it's not wrong i guess.

 

[slovac]

Exactly what i thought,due to "won't" being the contracted form of "will not",i don't see why it shouldn't be spoken,it's unnusual,as you said,but it's not wrong i guess.

Trust to native speakes They are always right.

 

[lucas-sp]

due to "won't" being the contracted form of "will not",i don't see why it shouldn't be spoken

Compare it to "do."

Do not you find this structure bizarre?
Don't you find this structure bizarre?

In contemporary English, "don't" and "won't" introduce questions. In older English (probably until the mid-19th century), and in the most refined registers, you may encounter "do you not / do not you" or "will you not / will not you."

Abbreviate the question words for negative questions. In contemporary English, there's actually a difference in meaning between:

Don't you think she's pretty? and
Do you not think she's pretty?

 

[slovac]

In contemporary English, there's actually a difference in meaning between:

Don't you think she's pretty? and
Do you not think she's pretty?

Could you tell me please the difference?

 

[lucas-sp]

Don't you think that's getting off-topic? = neutral question
Do you not think that's getting off-topic? = emphatic question; the question expects that youwould naturally and reasonably think that it's getting off topic and is surprised at the fact that you may not think so; in this question "not" sticks to "think": Do you [not-think that's getting off topic]?

Compare to:

I don't want to go. = neutral
I want to not go. = emphatic; the thing that I want is not to go; "not" sticks to "go": I want to [not-go].

 

[slovac]

Thank you.