"I am afraid not" what does the word show
Answers
Answer:
fear
Explanation:
the answer is fear
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Both "I'm afraid not" and "I'm afraid so" have fear. He's telling the subject that he has fear that either the "not" or "so" is an answer that he's scared to tell.
Now, he may or may not have genuine fear, in all likelihood he doesn't, he's just being polite about it by using the word "afraid." You can replace both with "regrettably, no" or "regrettably, yes" respectively.
"I'm afraid so and I'm afraid not are different."
^^^^^ Thank you for pointing that out to me, I've wondered about that over the last 34 years as a native speaker. If you'd like to lecture other natives about the basics of their language be sure to invite them in here.
By the way, it is 100℅ a shortened version of "I'm afraid TO SAY/TELL YOU" it you choose not to be believe that then that's up to you. However, you can come up with as many sentences as you wish using "I'm afraid not" or "I'm afraid so" and I guarantee you that it will make perfect sense if you add "to tell you" or "to say" after the word "afraid."
Good luck.