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My friend had told me he didn't like eating fat. Yesterday he was relishing some pork belly with a lot of fat, so I asked,

"Don't you not like eating fat?"

He's a native speaker and I'm not. He understood it but it was very unfamiliar to me.

Google didn't turn up enough cases for me to decide if it is correct. If not, what are some correct ways? "Don't you dislike eating fat?" is that all right? But I dislike this way if the other one is also correct. :)

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  • Don't never use no double negative!
    – Hot Licks
    Feb 2, 2019 at 13:02
  • Compare Don't you think we should reschedule? Don't you think we shouldn't reschedule? Do you think we shouldn't reschedule? Do you think we should reschedule? Attempting to apply computer-like logic to infer the sense and expected answers to those questions can produce wrong answers because it ignores subtler cuing markers in human discourse.
    – tchrist
    Feb 2, 2019 at 14:21
  • I thought, you don't like eating fat. I thought, you dislike eating fat.
    – re_nez
    Feb 2, 2019 at 14:33
  • No joking: "My friend had told me he didn't like eating fat. Yesterday he was relishing some pork belly with a lot of fat, so I asked, "So you don't like eating fat, do you?" OR "So you like eating fat, don't you?" So, in answer to your question: Is it correct? My answer is: No, it isn't.
    – Lambie
    Feb 2, 2019 at 14:36

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