Ban “not”

If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why?

Negation in sentences would seem detrimental to our understanding.

When we use in a phrase “not”, we send a negative message and “is not” of utility  ” it’s useless” ( better)  to understand  the real message of a sentence.

In fact, “not”  emphasizes the last word in the phrase: for example < do not fall> < don’t go to war> the meaning is ” fall” ” war” because  the brain forgets the first words and memories the last. This theory is also used in graphics, in the writing, in stores.

Another curiosity: if we put “not” at the end of the phrase, let ‘s deny what we previously said. In Italian, sometimes, at the end of a phrase, one person talking to another says “no?= Do not you agree?” …better not to say it 🤫 ops…better avoid denial.🤗

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