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64801965 Posted 15 years ago
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This man is too well-informed not to know it.

Which word above does not to know it modify?
  

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Hi, This man is too well-informed not to know it . Which word above does not to know it modify? I wouldn't say it modifies any particular word.

  • Hi, This man is too well-informed not to know it .
  • Which word above does not to know it modify?
  • I wouldn't say it modifies any particular word.
  • I see it just as a phrase that forms part of the overall structure of the sentence.
  • Adjectives are commonly followed by infinitives.
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Hi,

This man is too well-informed not to know it. Which word above does not to know it modify?

I wouldn't say it modifies any particular word. I see it just as a phrase that forms part of the overall structure of the sentence.

Adjectives are commonly
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64801965This man is too well-informed not to know it.
Which word above does not to know it modify?
I'd say 'well-informed'. too and not to know it go together in a coordinated way to modify well-informed. The whole thing is the adjective phrase too well-informed not to know it.

Meaning: well-informed to

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