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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Making negative sentence of gerund
It has been said in Cliff's TOEFL book that negative sentences of gerund & to-infinite are formed by adding 'not' particle just before gerund & to-infinite. From that angle, following sentence 1 is supposed to be correct. But sentence 2 sounds good to me. Pls help to straighten it out.
1. I will stop not watching movies in future.
2. I will not stop watching movies in future.
1. I will stop not watching movies in future.
2. I will not stop watching movies in future.
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Anonymous 1. I will stop not watching movies in future. I have the habit of not watching movies.
- Anonymous 1.
- I will stop not watching movies in future.
- I have the habit of not watching movies.
- I will discontinue this habit and begin to watch movies in the future.
- Anonymous 2.
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Anonymous1. I will stop not watching movies in future.I have the habit of not watching movies. I will discontinue this habit and begin to watch movies in the future.
Anonymous2. I will not stop watching movies in future.I have the habit of watching movies. I will not discontinue this habit and will continue to watch movi
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We have a modal verb (will) here, and the negative marker is usually put after the auxiliary/modal verb to make the sentence negative.
I will stop watching movies in the future. --> I will not stop watching movies in the future.
When we don't have an auxiliary, the negative marker is put before the gerund/infinitive phrase:
I prefer not to go
I will stop watching movies in the future. --> I will not stop watching movies in the future.
When we don't have an auxiliary, the negative marker is put before the gerund/infinitive phrase:
I prefer not to go
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