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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary
Not
"Any forecaster has got to suppose there will be a confidence effect. The mistake was not to forecast the scale of the confidence effect on the consumer. They’ve got on with their lives, partly thanks to consumer credit." (The Guardian.)
Does the adverb "not" modify finite verb "was" or infinitive "to forecast" in the paragraph above?
Does the adverb "not" modify finite verb "was" or infinitive "to forecast" in the paragraph above?
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The latter, I believe. Not to forecast the scale of the confidence effect on the consumer was the mistake.
- The latter, I believe.
- Not to forecast the scale of the confidence effect on the consumer was the mistake.
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The latter, I believe.
Not to forecast the scale of the confidence effect on the consumer was the mistake.
Not to forecast the scale of the confidence effect on the consumer was the mistake.
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GPYNot to forecast the scale of the confidence effect on the consumer was the mistake.Thank you.
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