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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Cared not
Example:
He did not care to create more confusion in their family.
Can the above sentence also be rewritten in this form using 'cared not to'?
He cared not to create more confusion in their family.
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He did not care to create more confusion in their family.
Can the above sentence also be rewritten in this form using 'cared not to'?
He cared not to create more confusion in their family.
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Top answer
I think the form is now too dated to be acceptable outside of literary/poetic efforts.
- I think the form is now too dated to be acceptable outside of literary/poetic efforts.
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I think the form is now too dated to be acceptable outside of literary/poetic efforts.
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As an aside, I think the inversion "cared not for" is perhaps a little more common, or current, than "cared not to." Perhaps the difference lies in "to" being the infinitive marker and "for" being a preposition. (I hope "care to" isn't an idiom!
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