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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
To-infinitive
Dear teachers,
I am not an English native. However, I love English and I have been studying it for some years. I found the following to-infinitive yesterday, and I rewrote all of them in this message.
1. I use an electric vacuum to clear my chill room.
2. I pretended to read a paper as you left the house.
3. I trust him to be punctual.
I have tried to change them into negative.
1. I use an electric vacuum not to clear my chill room.
2. I pretended not to notice you as you left the house.
3. I trust him not to be late.
Is my negative changing correct in all 3 sentences above?
If they are wrong, could you correct for me and teach me how to make a negative Infinitive in these context?
Thank you so much.
I am much obliged to you for your guidance.
I am not an English native. However, I love English and I have been studying it for some years. I found the following to-infinitive yesterday, and I rewrote all of them in this message.
1. I use an electric vacuum to clear my chill room.
2. I pretended to read a paper as you left the house.
3. I trust him to be punctual.
I have tried to change them into negative.
1. I use an electric vacuum not to clear my chill room.
2. I pretended not to notice you as you left the house.
3. I trust him not to be late.
Is my negative changing correct in all 3 sentences above?
If they are wrong, could you correct for me and teach me how to make a negative Infinitive in these context?
Thank you so much.
I am much obliged to you for your guidance.
Top answer
You seem to be writing new sentences, not negating the original ones. These are correct: 1. I don't use an electric vacuum to clean my chill room.
- You seem to be writing new sentences, not negating the original ones.
- These are correct: 1.
- I don't use an electric vacuum to clean my chill room.
- ( What's a 'chill room'?
- ) 2.
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You seem to be writing new sentences, not negating the original ones. These are correct:
1. I don't use an electric vacuum to clean my chill room. (What's a 'chill room'?)
2. I pretended not to notice you as you left the house.
2b. I pretended not to read the paper as you left the house.
2c. I didn't pretend to read the paper a
1. I don't use an electric vacuum to clean my chill room. (What's a 'chill room'?)
2. I pretended not to notice you as you left the house.
2b. I pretended not to read the paper as you left the house.
2c. I didn't pretend to read the paper a
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