Why not or Why don't?
If you say... Why not going to the cinema tonight? is correct? or it is better to say.... Why don't we go to the cinema tonight? thank you ...
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Hi!
The common expression for making a suggestion is: "Why don't we go to the cinema tonight?"
If you want to use "why not" to make a suggestion, it would be in a situation like this:
A: Let's go to the cinema tonight.
B: Why not just stay home and watch a DVD? (Or: Why don't we just stay home...)
The idea with "why not" is that something has already been suggested. The question is "Why [that] and not [this]?"
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