Which of these sentences are correct?

Question

1 読みはしない

2 読みもしない

3 読みをしない

4 お読みしない

5 読みしない

6 読むことをしない

7 読むことなんてしない

I used the verb 読む for no particular reason. Can someone confirm which of these sentences have correct grammar?

Answer 1

1. 読みはしない: Correct. This is how you can add a contrastive-wa to a verb.

   買いはするが、読みはしない。
   I'll buy it, but won't read it.

2. 読みもしない: Correct. "don't even read".

   彼は本を買っても読みもしない。
   He buys books, but doesn't even read them.

3. 読みをしない: Correct only if 読み is clearly treated as a noun meaning "reading (of a kanji, etc.)".

   AとBは同じ読みをしない。
   A and B don't have the same reading.

4. お読みしない: Correct (but uncommon). This is the negative version of お読みする, which a humble version of 読む.

   お読みしないわけにはいきません。
   I cannot afford not to read it.

5. 読みしない: Correct but rare. This is valid only in a colloquial sentence where 読み is clearly treated as a noun and を has been omitted.

   同じ読みしない漢字10個書いて。
   Write 10 kanji that don't read the same.

6. 読むことをしない: Correct ("not to do the reading").

   彼は本を買っても読むことをしない。
   He buys books but never reads them.

7. 読むことなんてしない: Correct ("not to do something (nonsense/etc) like reading").

   説明書を全部読むことなんてしないよ。
   I won't bother reading the entire manual.

Note that 3 and 5 can appear only in uncommon situations where 読み is working as a masu-stem as a noun. They are incorrect as verb forms in general.