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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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can we write that > "you can be not looking"... "not" can be put after main verb?
i mean like that > "you must be going" "you can be looking" and with using "not"
i mean like that > "you must be going" "you can be looking" and with using "not"
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You should say "You can not be looking." "Not" has to follow "can." You can also put the two words together: "cannot."
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I agree with Markroe's excellent answer.
Of course, there are always a few unusual exceptions:
Tom: Never look at X.
George: Why?
Tom: She is weird.
George: In what way?
Tom: She thinks that people are always looking at her, so she yells, "Stop looking at me!" even if a person is not looking at her.
George: Really?
Tom:
Of course, there are always a few unusual exceptions:
Tom: Never look at X.
George: Why?
Tom: She is weird.
George: In what way?
Tom: She thinks that people are always looking at her, so she yells, "Stop looking at me!" even if a person is not looking at her.
George: Really?
Tom:
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