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It's a bit of ambiguity of grammar. "X don't Y" generally means "X never Y" (ex: "Grapes Don't Grow On Trees"). However, adding Why to the front of X Don't Y
by wavemode 2y ago
It's a bit of ambiguity of grammar.
"X don't Y" generally means "X never Y" (ex: "Grapes Don't Grow On Trees").
However, adding Why to the front of X Don't Y ("Why X Don't Y") does not necessarily mean "X Don't Y. Why?" - rather, sometimes it's actually asking "In cases when X do not Y, why not?"
In other words, you can't necessarily parse the sentence by simply parsing "X Don't Y" by itself and then applying "Why" as a question to that. That was what I was trying to illustrate.