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Can I write:You must not wish that another not progressIs it better on this way?You must not wish that others not make progressThanks a lot for your help!

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

The first sentence does not make sense.

The second one (You must not wish that others not make progress" is okay.

Danyoo · Answer

The first sentence does not make any sense.

This second sentence is okay.

Clive · Answer

Hi,

You must not wish that another not progress

You must not wish that others not make progress

They are both correct, but they sound rather unnatural and formal. 'Another' is an uncommon, rather formal way to refer to another person. More natural would be 'other people'. The use of two negatives in the same sentence is awkward, and something that a reasonably educated native speaker would try to avoid. Perhaps you might say something like

You must not resent other people's progress.

or You must not wish for other people's failure to progress.

Best wishes, Clive

Anonymous · Answer

This is the complete paragraph...

“YOU WILL NOT EXTOL YOURSELF TO THE DETRIMENT OF OTHERS.” You MUST NOT: Brag about your achievements, expose yourself to public scrutiny, preach,

manipulate, speak of yourself to the detriment of others, calumniate, curse, abuse, injure, mistreat, cast a spell on or suggestnegatively to another (JUSTIFYING YOURSELF), envy, wish that others not make progress, invoke death or worship it, barter exchange with ***, BE UNFAIR, etc.

Do you think that all this paragraph sounds ok?

THANKS A LOT FOR ALL COMMENTS!!!

Clive · Answer

Hi,

“YOU WILL NOT EXTOL YOURSELF TO THE DETRIMENT OF OTHERS.” You MUST NOT: Brag about your achievements, expose yourself to public scrutiny, preach,

manipulate, speak of yourself to the detriment of others, calumniate, curse, abuse, injure, mistreat, cast a spell on or make negative suggestions to another (JUSTIFYING YOURSELF), envy, wish that others not make progress, invoke death or worship it, barter .. with ***, BE UNFAIR, etc.

This is certainly not written in everyday English. It's very rhetorical. But it's OK.

Clive

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