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can these two sentences mean the same? "I don't talk with you because I enjoy it. I talk with you because I'm bored" "I talk with you not because I enjoy it. I talk with you because I'm bored"

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Yes they mean the same. Typically though if you use the “not because...” construction, you would include the second part in the same sentence. So I would make it: “I talk with you not because I enjoy it, but because I’m bored.” Especially because in your second case both sentences start the same and it sounds redundant. Your way does have a certain rhythm to it that you may want intentionally. And you may even want the redundancy for effect.
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Yes they do mean the same. However, to make it correct it's better to say, "I don't talk TO you because I enjoy it. I talk TO you because I'm bored. " And for the second option, it would sound a little more natural, and with a better structure having both sentences in one, Example: "I talk to you not because I enjoy it, but because I'm bored." I hope it helps!
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Thanks Gray🌹
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Tim has given a good answer, and he and Hasmik are both right that your second example would sound better as a single sentence. Your phrase "talk with" is just fine. Some people prefer to say "talk to." (It may be that "talk with" is more popular in the US. I usually say "talk with," because to me, "talk with" sounds more like a description of two people talking equally, rather than just one person talking "to" another person.)
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yes they mean the same

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