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Picnic Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Negative verb - verb+not
in which period of English was this negation method most used?
Thank you!
I saw many times:
"he found not what to do"
"I know not..."
sometimes it can be "he found not what he want but..."
Thank you!
I saw many times:
"he found not what to do"
"I know not..."
sometimes it can be "he found not what he want but..."
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It is usually a contrast with "but" He found not what he wanted, but what he needed. Do not (do) what he says, but what he does. The adverb not goes with the following clause.
- It is usually a contrast with "but" He found not what he wanted, but what he needed.
- Do not (do) what he says, but what he does.
- The adverb not goes with the following clause.
- He knows not what he does.
- (This is more common in the English spoken hundreds of years ago.
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It is usually a contrast with "but"
He found not what he wanted, but what he needed.
Do not (do) what he says, but what he does.
The adverb not goes with the following clause.
He knows not what he does. (This is more common in the English spoken hundreds of years ago. It is not used in modern English.)
Most of the time, you will see "not" modifying t
He found not what he wanted, but what he needed.
Do not (do) what he says, but what he does.
The adverb not goes with the following clause.
He knows not what he does. (This is more common in the English spoken hundreds of years ago. It is not used in modern English.)
Most of the time, you will see "not" modifying t
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Thank you!
I still see this manner of negating the main verb in books from hundred years ago.
Sometimes, the grammar and word order(syntax?) is so different than it is in today modern English I can not understand the meaning.
I still see this manner of negating the main verb in books from hundred years ago.
Sometimes, the grammar and word order(syntax?) is so different than it is in today modern English I can not understand the meaning.
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Picnic I can not understand the meaning.While we're on the subject, it's cannot".
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