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Alex John Posted 9 years ago
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Can this sentence be correct?

I read this sentence in Internet:

"No, I definitely don’t think this should be illegal."

I think the correct version should be this:

"No, I don’t definitely think this should be illegal."

Or

"No, definitely, I don’t think this should be illegal."

  

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"No, I definitely don’t think this should be illegal." This is the standard and natural way to say this.

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Alex John"No, I definitely don’t think this should be illegal."

Correct as written.

'definitely' modifies to 'not' so it has to come before 'don't'. Otherwise, the meaning 'not definitely' creeps in.

'still' is another adverb that can modify negation:

I still don't think ...

CJ

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