The captain of the football team is having an off-day; he might as well not have played.
Is it all right to say, 'he might as well have not played' instead?
BulbulTada he might as well not have played. Correct. BulbulTada he might as well have not played That sounds strange to me.
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BulbulTadahe might as well not have played.
Correct.
BulbulTadahe might as well have not played
That sounds strange to me. I wouldn't write it like that if I were you.
The verb phrase is might have played, and we almost always put the adverbs after the first verb of a verb ph