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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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I hope you have wits enough to not do it.

"I hope you have wits enough to not do it."

Is the sentence above correct?
  

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Yes
You can also say ."I hope you have wits enough not to do it."

Clive
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AnonymousIs the sentence above correct?
Quite a lot of people think so. Personally, I do not like to form a negative infinitive thus: to do > to not do. I prefer to form it thus: not to do.

I would use more common vocabulary to say it: I hope you're smart enough not to do it.

CJ
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