Another night of battling with 不 and 没... ^_^
Hello beautiful faces,

I am trying my darndest to learn this language that is far more beautiful than all of your beautiful faces combined.

OK, I am spending another night of battling with 不 and 没.. PLEASE HELP!

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Question #1: Are the following sentences correct?
A: 这个问题，他连想都没想，就回答出来了。(Without giving any thought to the question, he just answered it.)
vs.
B: 他总是连想都不想就回答我问的。(He always answers whatever I ask him without thinking.)

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Question #2: Am I supposed to use 不 or 没?
那家商店每天都开，春节也___关门。

**I think it should be 不 if I'm saying they open even on Chinese New Year's but 没 if they didn't close on that day...

Ahhhhh, why is Chinese so hard?

Question

Another night of battling with 不 and 没... ^_^
Hello beautiful faces,

I am trying my darndest to learn this language that is far more beautiful than all of your beautiful faces combined.

OK, I am spending another night of battling with 不 and 没.. PLEASE HELP!

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Question #1: Are the following sentences correct?
A: 这个问题，他连想都没想，就回答出来了。(Without giving any thought to the question, he just answered it.)
vs.
B: 他总是连想都不想就回答我问的。(He always answers whatever I ask him without thinking.)

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Question #2: Am I supposed to use 不 or 没?
那家商店每天都开，春节也___关门。

**I think it should be 不 if I'm saying they open even on Chinese New Year's but 没 if they didn't close on that day...

Ahhhhh, why is Chinese so hard?

Answer

我想说，你可以把这本书扔掉了。这不是一本好书。

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那家商店每天都开，春节也___关门。这句子只能有一个答案的话那就用“不”，如果是对话中的问句你可以用“没”，例如：
-那家店关门了吗？
-还没关门。或- 没关。

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不+a willingness (subjective)我不关门. I don't want the door closed没+a fact (objective)我没关门. That I didn't close the door is a fact. (I haven't closed the door.)

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Question1：
A is correct；
B is ok. It would be better —— "他总是连想也不想就回答我的问题"

Question2:
Actually, you can use either "不"or"没" in this sentence. There is no essential difference in this sentence.
 "不关门" demonstrates a known state —— the policy of the store.
"没关门" —— you are sure of the reality at a certain point in time.

I hope it helps.

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Question #1: Are the following sentences correct?
A: 这个问题，他连想都没想，就回答出来了。(Without giving any thought to the question, he just answered it.)
vs.
B: 他总是连想都不想就回答我问的。(He always answers whatever I ask him without thinking.)

不 is more subjective. It concerns about your ture feeling(he didn't want to answer my question). However, 没 presents a fact that he didn't think about my question.

Question #2: Am I supposed to use 不 or 没?
那家商店每天都开，春节也___关门。

不 and 没 are both available in this phrase.

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