On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 23:57:11 +0200, Marc-Hendrik Bremer wrote:
>
>Steve schrieb in Nachricht ...
>>You're right it doesn't look imposing, it looks kind of cute.
>>
>
>Is this a contradiction? Cute and imposing? Perhaps. Something to fear is
>probably more imposing, isn't it?

"Doesn't" is an abbreviation of "does not",  

If I'd have said "It does not look imposing", it would sound asthough I 
was disagreeing with you, but by saying "it doesn't look imposing", the 
meaning is softened considerably and made much less formal.  The 
interpretation relies a lot on the context so don't (do not), take any
of the above to be a hard and fast rool.  

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