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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Can we put ‘not’ both before to and after to?

Longman Advanced American Dictionary says forgo as “to decide to not do or have something.” : Can we put ‘not’ both before to and after to?
  

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A good, careful writer would put not before to .

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A good, careful writer would put not before to.
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eipjooLongman Advanced American Dictionary says forgo as “to decide to not do or have something.” : Can we put ‘not’ both before to and after to?
Apparently Longman thinks so, but it sounds pretty rough on my ear to hear "to not do", and many style manuals advise against it.

CJ
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