I've just learned a very basic way of shortening sentences:
He likes tea (positive), but she doesn't (short negative).
I haven't got a car (negative), but my sister has (short positive).
But, what about:
She doesn't like coffee (negative), but I do (short positive).
According to google results this seems not very usual. Only got 6 results for the search phrase "doesn't like coffee, but I do".
I am wondering, is the sentence above correct? or shall I have to say:
She doesn't like coffee, but I like. (?)
Best Answer
The Google search engine wasn't designed to teach you English. And English is a language with a lot of flexibility. It's likely that someone's made the same statement as you, but phrased differently. If you've learned proper grammar rules (which it seems that you have, because your initial constructions are correct), don't question them when a robot tells you nobody says that.
This isn't correct. Only the auxillary verb can be used in the shortened part of the sentence, as you've already done in your other examples. The verbs "have" and "do" are both intransitive, so they can be used in this way. Like is not an intransitive verb.