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Osee Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

try not to tell her or try to not tell her

0As titled, is one of them wrong? If not, what's the difference between them? Thanks very much.0-
  

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1b 00I try not to tell her02b 00. It's possible. "I don't 01b 00even02b 00 try to tell her".

— Fandorin

  • 1b 00I try not to tell her02b 00.
  • It's possible.
  • "I don't 01b 00even02b 00 try to tell her".
  • I think in this way it may be more clear.
  • 02br 02br 01b 00I try to not tell her02b 00.
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1b00I try not to tell her02b00. It's possible. "I don't 01b00even02b00 try to tell her". I think in this way it may be more clear. 02br
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01b00I try to not tell her02b00. I think it's wrong to use such construction. Negative Form of Infinitive is formed by adding "not" before "to".0-
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01cite10Fandorin12cite11b10I try to not tell her12b10. I think it's wrong to use such construction. Negative Form of Infinitive is formed by adding "not" before "to".12br
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10The mistake here is what is known as a "split infinitive", a definite no-no in many grammar b
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0There have been other discussions about the placement of "not" here.02br
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00Try not to tell her - this is simply a request to not tell her if you can avoid doing so. This will be the normal, expected version in just about every case.02br
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00Try to not tell her - this sounds like perhas you have said "I'm not going to tell her" and I'm making a sar
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