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Teo Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

negative infinitive

01. The Wilsons have decided 01b00not to02b00 go to summer camp for their vacation.02br
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002. The Wilsons have decided01b00 to not02b00 go to summer camp for their vacation.02br
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00Sentence #1 is correct. Is sentence #2 also acceptable?0-
  

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0No, it isn't.02br
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0Are you sure?02br
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00How 01b00to Not Go02b00 Broke in Walmart.02br
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00How 01b00to not go02b00 crazy.02br
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00In general, the rule to follow is to go as slowly as you need to and 01b00to not go02b00 to the next reduction until symptoms that may have develope
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0It doesn't seem correct to me either... 0-
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0How 01b00to Not Go02b00 Broke in Walmart.02br
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00How 01b00to not go02b00 crazy.02br
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00I think these are instructions. 02br
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0Hi guys,02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Lol Clive, nice humour. 05002br
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0 Sentence #2 is used these days, but my reaction is ARRRRRGGGGGGHHHH! It's like fingernails on a chalkboard. Very grating on the nerves. 02br
00And that is the most scholarly assessment I can muster! 05002br
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0Again, Teo, stop using Google for studying. It will mislead you most of the times.02br
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0 I believe Google can be a good language corpus, if we use it wisely. 02br
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00[URL=05000]How to Use Online Sources Wisely [/URL] 02br
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00paco 0250hrefhttp://www-writing.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/ej26/int.html
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0I would take this as the "normal" version:02br
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001. The Wilsons have decided not to go to summer camp for their vacation.02br
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00And this as an "emphatic" version:02br
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002. "Have the Wilsons decided to go to summer camp for their vacation again?" "On the contrary, the Wilsons have decided to 01i00not02i
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