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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

to-infinitive questions. help me

Hi i really need some help. we're on a huge bet.

original sentence - you don't want to break the faucet, don't you?
modified sentence 1 - you want not to break the faucet, don't you?

I'm sure that modified sentence 1 is quite wrong, but my colleague is also sure that not+to+v is also okay.

I tried to explain it but failed, help me with your generosity.

question 1 - Is modified sentence 1 correct?
question 2 - If incorrect, how can i explain them that it's wrong?
  

Top answer

Both sentences are incorrect. This is correct: You don't want to break the faucet, do you? You would use don't you if the beginning of the sentence were affirmative: You want to brea k the faucet, don't you?

— Cool Breeze

  • Both sentences are incorrect.
  • This is correct: You don't want to break the faucet, do you?
  • You would use don't you if the beginning of the sentence were affirmative: You want to brea k the faucet, don't you?
  • i Not can be added to a modal auxiliary, am, are, is, was, were and have, has and had in most cases to make them negative.
  • He can't swim I wouldn't do it.
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Both sentences are incorrect. This is correct: You don't want to break the faucet, do you? You would use don't you if the beginning of the sentence were affirmative: You want to break the faucet, don't you? i


Not can be added to a modal auxiliary, am, are, is, was, were and have, has and had in most cases to make t
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Oh terrible flaw there... Sorry
The original sentence was " you don't want to break the faucet, do you?
modified sentence was "you want not to break the faucet, don't you?

I knew that tag questions were wrong.
Let's talk about this part.

#1 I want not to break the faucet
#2 I want to not break the faucet.

Question. are #1 and #2 grammatically okay???
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Anonymous#1 I want not to break the faucet#2 I want to not break the faucet.Question. are #1 and #2 grammatically okay???
No. Both are wrong.
AnonymousI know that any native eng users would find those sentences weird. but I want to know a way to explain why.
I told you in my previous post.
AnonymousWh
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