Susan wants us to not be friends.
Just got tasked with inserting "not" or "do not" into a sentence and got corrected by my teacher for formulating this sentence. To the best of my knowledge, I can not see this sentence as being grammatically incorrect.
The sentence in question was "Susan wants us to be friends." My reasoning for saying "Susan wants us to not be friends" is that there is an "s" at the end of "want" in the original sentence, and it didn't state anywhere that you could actually correct any of the original words.
I might be wrong, she is the teacher. Just asking for an answer in here to double check, I don't want to be corrected in cases where I am right.
Top answer
Susan wants us to not be friends is an awkward and ugly sentence, A better one is Susan wants us not to be friends. I assume your teacher wants Susan does not want us to be friends. But I agree with you that the instructions are not very good.
- Susan wants us to not be friends is an awkward and ugly sentence, A better one is Susan wants us not to be friends.
- I assume your teacher wants Susan does not want us to be friends.
- But I agree with you that the instructions are not very good.
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Susan wants us to not be friends is an awkward and ugly sentence, A better one is Susan wants us not to be friends.
I assume your teacher wants Susan does not want us to be friends. But I agree with you that the instructions are not very good.
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