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Nam Nguyen Ngoc Posted 14 years ago
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Is this sentence belong to the "Negative form" category?

Hi, I wonder if this sentence "Kazuo had to not eat high calorie foods" belong to the "Negative form" category, thank you very much.
  

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Nam Nguyen Ngoc Hi, I wonder if this sentence "Kazuo had to not eat high calorie foods" belong to the "Negative form" category, thank you very much. Hi, This is not a grammatical sentence. "Kazuo had to not eat high calorie foods" is the past tense of "have to not" which is not a valid grammatical structure.

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  • Nam Nguyen Ngoc Hi, I wonder if this sentence "Kazuo had to not eat high calorie foods" belong to the "Negative form" category, thank you very much.
  • Hi, This is not a grammatical sentence.
  • "Kazuo had to not eat high calorie foods" is the past tense of "have to not" which is not a valid grammatical structure.
  • To express the intended meaning, we can express it in a positive tone: "Kazuo had /has to stay away high calorie foods".
  • Or in a negative context: "Kazuo is not supposed to eat high calorie foods".
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Nam Nguyen NgocHi, I wonder if this sentence "Kazuo had to not eat high calorie foods" belong to the "Negative form" category, thank you very much.
Hi,
This is not a grammatical sentence. "Kazuo had to not eat high calorie foods" is the past tense of "have to not" which is not a valid grammatical structure. To express th
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