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Pructus Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Be to not to do
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Hello....
The form, be to not to do doesn't seem to appear in grammar books.
It is being much used?
Here are some examples from Google.
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The hours of access are to not to exceed 8 hours.
You are to not to leave your house without permission from the court.
We are to not to allow anything to distract us from our mission that will finish strong!
Hello....
The form, be to not to do doesn't seem to appear in grammar books.
It is being much used?
Here are some examples from Google.
***********
The hours of access are to not to exceed 8 hours.
You are to not to leave your house without permission from the court.
We are to not to allow anything to distract us from our mission that will finish strong!
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Dear Pructus The examples you cited are wrong in that the first "to" should not be there. Otherwise, the first and second sentences are good and natural in these contexts - formal prohibitions. The third sentence makes sense up to "mission".
- Dear Pructus The examples you cited are wrong in that the first "to" should not be there.
- Otherwise, the first and second sentences are good and natural in these contexts - formal prohibitions.
- The third sentence makes sense up to "mission".
- I guess the writer then meant to say something like : "...
- " Kind regards, Michael
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Dear Pructus
The examples you cited are wrong in that the first "to" should not be there. Otherwise, the first and second sentences are good and natural in these contexts - formal prohibitions.
The third sentence makes sense up to "mission". I guess the writer then meant to say something like : "... so that we will finish strongly."
Kind regards, Michael
The examples you cited are wrong in that the first "to" should not be there. Otherwise, the first and second sentences are good and natural in these contexts - formal prohibitions.
The third sentence makes sense up to "mission". I guess the writer then meant to say something like : "... so that we will finish strongly."
Kind regards, Michael
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