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The phrase "affection or not" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the presence or absence of affection in a relationship or situation.
Example: "When it comes to friendships, it's important to consider whether there is genuine affection or not."
Alternatives: "love or indifference" or "fondness or absence".
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This doesn't mean withdrawing affection or not seeing him at all, it just means learning to pace yourself and take it easy.
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It's a fun holiday to give your friends, family, boyfriend/girlfriend small tokens of affection, homemade or not.
Among the favourite customs are using them to fish cooked bits of meat and vegetables from boiling broth while eating "hot pot" with friends, and serving choice pieces to show affection or respect, not forgetting to flip the chopsticks around to offer the side that has not touched your mouth.
The object of our affections, worthy or not, becomes the precious objective of our lives.
But the fact is that Wade and James were replaced in Michael's affections, sexually or not, by other boys [like Macaulay Culkin and Brett Barnes] who had this outwardly similar type of relationship.
Such displays of affection and gratitude, genuine or not, capture the attention of the audience.
More importantly, the proper way to measure the impact Ryan is going to have on "enthusiasm" is whether or not affection for Ryan is going to bring more people to phone banks, more people to campaign offices, and more people going door-to-door working on get-out-the-vote efforts than Romney would have managed on their own.
On the other, Edwards argues (against, e.g., Hutcheson) that most conscientious and other regarding behavior is, indeed, a form of self-love and that, in any case, acts motivated by rational self-love, conscience, or natural other regarding instincts such as parental affection or pity aren't genuinely virtuous.
They don't seek affection or love, and they don't like to be petted.
Yet even at New York, Le Toux was making noises about his affection for Philadelphia — and whether or not he did enough on footballing terms to merit a return, it was a popular sentimental decision that saw him back and suiting up for the 2013 Union.
I think they had a great affection; whether it was gay or not, I don't know".
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