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She: "Don't forget to bring washing powder.

I: Okay, I don't. (or I will not?)

I know the rule of thumb that in interrogative sentences we always have to answer in the same tense that we were asked. (For example: Are you there? Yes, I am. or "Do you like it? Yes, I do.) But in this case which is not interrogative sentence but an order, I'm not sure what would be correct.

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She: "Don't forget to bring washing powder.

I: Okay, I don't. (or I will not?)

I know the rule of thumb that in interrogative sentences we always have to answer in the same tense that we were asked. (For example: Are you there? Yes, I am. or "Do you like it? Yes, I do.) But in this case which is not interrogative sentence but an order, I'm not sure what would be correct.

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She: "Don't forget to bring washing powder.

I: Okay, I don't. (or I will not?)

I know the rule of thumb that in interrogative sentences we always have to answer in the same tense that we were asked. (For example: Are you there? Yes, I am. or "Do you like it? Yes, I do.) But in this case which is not interrogative sentence but an order, I'm not sure what would be correct.

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In your example the responses:

• "Okay."


• "I won't."


• "Okay, I won't."


• "Don't worry, I won't."

are all colloquial and correct.

"I don't" sounds odd and is incorrect.

"I will not" is technically correct but sounds stilted and a native speaker would never use it in this situation.

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We can respond to orders such as 'don't do X' in the future (I will not, or I won't). or we can say 'OK'.

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In English, 'don't X' has an implied future to it. In your example, we get something like "Do not forget to buy washing powder when you go out shopping in the future."

You would then respond with (literally): "Okay, I will not forget washing powder when I go out shopping."

Because you both understand the context that you are talking about "buying washing powder when you go out shopping," you shorten your phrasing to "I won't," where "won't" is the contraction of "will" and "not."

I can't think of a situation off-hand where you would say "I don't" in response to that, however "I didn't" could be said if you bought washing powder in the past that your conversation partner doesn't know about.

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In your example the responses:

• "Okay."


• "I won't."


• "Okay, I won't."


• "Don't worry, I won't."

are all colloquial and correct.

"I don't" sounds odd and is incorrect.

"I will not" is technically correct but sounds stilted and a native speaker would never use it in this situation.

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In your example the responses:

• "Okay."


• "I won't."


• "Okay, I won't."


• "Don't worry, I won't."

are all colloquial and correct.

"I don't" sounds odd and is incorrect.

"I will not" is technically correct but sounds stilted and a native speaker would never use it in this situation.

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In your example the responses:

• "Okay."


• "I won't."


• "Okay, I won't."


• "Don't worry, I won't."

are all colloquial and correct.

"I don't" sounds odd and is incorrect.

"I will not" is technically correct but sounds stilted and a native speaker would never use it in this situation.

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We can respond to orders such as 'don't do X' in the future (I will not, or I won't). or we can say 'OK'.

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We can respond to orders such as 'don't do X' in the future (I will not, or I won't). or we can say 'OK'.

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We can respond to orders such as 'don't do X' in the future (I will not, or I won't). or we can say 'OK'.

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In English, 'don't X' has an implied future to it. In your example, we get something like "Do not forget to buy washing powder when you go out shopping in the future."

You would then respond with (literally): "Okay, I will not forget washing powder when I go out shopping."

Because you both understand the context that you are talking about "buying washing powder when you go out shopping," you shorten your phrasing to "I won't," where "won't" is the contraction of "will" and "not."

I can't think of a situation off-hand where you would say "I don't" in response to that, however "I didn't" could be said if you bought washing powder in the past that your conversation partner doesn't know about.

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In English, 'don't X' has an implied future to it. In your example, we get something like "Do not forget to buy washing powder when you go out shopping in the future."

You would then respond with (literally): "Okay, I will not forget washing powder when I go out shopping."

Because you both understand the context that you are talking about "buying washing powder when you go out shopping," you shorten your phrasing to "I won't," where "won't" is the contraction of "will" and "not."

I can't think of a situation off-hand where you would say "I don't" in response to that, however "I didn't" could be said if you bought washing powder in the past that your conversation partner doesn't know about.

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In English, 'don't X' has an implied future to it. In your example, we get something like "Do not forget to buy washing powder when you go out shopping in the future."

You would then respond with (literally): "Okay, I will not forget washing powder when I go out shopping."

Because you both understand the context that you are talking about "buying washing powder when you go out shopping," you shorten your phrasing to "I won't," where "won't" is the contraction of "will" and "not."

I can't think of a situation off-hand where you would say "I don't" in response to that, however "I didn't" could be said if you bought washing powder in the past that your conversation partner doesn't know about.

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