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must not vs don't must

The correct phrase is 'must not.' 'Don't must' is not a correct construction in English. 'Must not' is used to express prohibition or obligation, while 'don't must' is not a standard or commonly used phrase.

Last updated: March 24, 2024 • 704 views

must not

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to express prohibition or obligation.

Use 'must not' to indicate that something is prohibited or not allowed. It is the negative form of 'must.'

Examples:

  • You must not smoke in this area.
  • Students must not use their phones during the exam.
  • Jul 17, 2022 ... All is well until I try to close the Additive Pipe task and get this "Path must not be a null shape" error. Google give no references on ...
  • Jan 31, 2022 ... The later two had both adjacent addresses assigned, which in the EOS shell was flagged by "error, networks must not be in the same subnet" .
  • Sep 11, 2021 ... name is invalid, must not end in space or period on Windows ... Even more I can easy create directory with trailing space on Windows. ... It can be ...
  • Jul 28, 2023 ... I must not be seen. The man circles the corner of the house. Is he looking for signs of life? Is he looking for a way in? Who is this man ...
  • Nov 7, 2023 ... The error that shows up when I try to add more fur using Density is: “Invalid UV Map: UV Islands must not overlap”. It's UV unwrapped and ...
  • Nov 26, 2019 ... Hi all, A user got a UI expression error today that reads "[...] has an invalid value for "totalCount". "totalCount" must not be null or ...
  • Dec 31, 2020 ... Renovate bot opened a PR to upgrade from 11.0.18 to 11.0.20 and my nextjs build failed with error Source and destination must not be the ...
  • Nov 25, 2020 ... I migrated to my new Pixel 5, and attempted to open the keepass database from gdrive and I get the following error of "the name must not be ...

Alternatives:

  • should not
  • cannot
  • is not allowed to
  • is prohibited from
  • is obliged not to

don't must

This phrase is not correct in English. The correct form is 'must not.'

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