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Vsuresh Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Too intelligent to

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Please tell me whether this is grammatical.
She is too intelligent to fail to notice this change.
  

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Hi, vsuresh She is too intelligent to fail to notice this change. It seems OK (grammatically) but a little awkward. To fail to notice can be shortened to miss .

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  • Hi, vsuresh She is too intelligent to fail to notice this change.
  • It seems OK (grammatically) but a little awkward.
  • To fail to notice can be shortened to miss .
  • A more natural version would be: She is (far) too intelligent to miss this change.
  • Regards
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Hi,
vsureshShe is too intelligent to fail to notice this change.
It seems OK (grammatically) but a little awkward.

To fail to notice can be shortened to miss.

A more natural version would be:

She is (far) too intelligent to miss this change.

Regards
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