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Talent Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Negative verbs

Hi.
Dear all,
I've got a question about some sort of verbs that in addition of getting negative by 'do' and 'does' they would get negative by the use of 'not'.
Please tell me about these verbs cause recently I faced with this sentence in the song called 'Nothing' by the 'Script' which says ' I'm smiling but i'm dying, trying not to drag my feet' please tell which verb would get negative in this sentence by 'not'. I mean 'trying' would get negative or 'drag'.
I heard there's a few verbs that behave in the way i mentioned please tell me what they are.
Thanks a Zillion.
Yours sincerely!
  

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You are seeing how an infinitive gets negated, "not to drag". To be or not to be. The only winning move is not to play.

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  • You are seeing how an infinitive gets negated, "not to drag".
  • To be or not to be.
  • The only winning move is not to play.
  • Train your dog not to chew your slippers.
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You are seeing how an infinitive gets negated, "not to drag".

To be or not to be.
The only winning move is not to play.
Train your dog not to chew your slippers.
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talenttrying not to drag my feet
If you are trying not to drag your feet, you are exerting effort to stop yourself from dragging your feet.
If you are not trying to drag your feet, you are not exerting any effort to make yourself drag your feet.

CJ
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