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In terms of when you should use did not as opposed to didn't, I think it depends on the situation, and on your relationship with the intended audience. If you're writing a dissertation or a report to your boss, maybe use did not; if you're writing a text or email to your friend, I'm sure didn't would be just fine.
He didn't mention anything. He didn't tell me. Here we form the past tense using the lexical verb only, which is a shade more formal: He mentioned nothing. He told me nothing about that. To form the past tense of some verbs, we add the -ed ending to the bare infinitive (mention -> mention ed). With other verbs, the vowel changes (t e ll -> t o ld).
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