Verbs of transferred negation
I know that the verbs "think, expect, believe, suppose, and imagine" are the ones of transferred negation, but I am not sure about the verbs "guess, seem, and appear", how about them, are they the verbs of transferred negation too?
I know that it is better to say "I don't think/expect/believe/suppose/imagine he lives in that city" instead of saying "I think/expect/believe/suppose/imagine he doesn't live in that city".
Is it better to say "I don't guess he lives in that city" instead of saying "I guess he doesn't live in that city"?
Is it better to say "it doesn't seem/appear that he lives in that city" instead of saying "it seems/appears that he doesn't live in that city"?
Are there more verbs that you can add in this list of verbs of transferred negation?
And is this structure of transferred negation also valid if these verbs are in the past, perfect and future tenses and modals?
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anonymous Is it better to say "I don't guess he lives in that city" instead of saying "I guess he doesn't live in that city"? Guess is not one of those verbs. The first sentence is wrong.
- anonymous Is it better to say "I don't guess he lives in that city" instead of saying "I guess he doesn't live in that city"?
- Guess is not one of those verbs.
- The first sentence is wrong.
- The verbs which permit such transferred negation are verbs of opinion (believe, expect, imagine, suppose, think) and verbs of perception (appear, seem, feel/look/sound as if).
- It doesn't appear / seem as if he is coming today.
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anonymousIs it better to say "I don't guess he lives in that city" instead of saying "I guess he doesn't live in that city"?
Guess is not one of those verbs. The first sentence is wrong.
The verbs which permit such transferred negation are verbs of opinion (believe, expect, imagine, suppose, think) and verbs of perception (appear, seem, feel/lo
0I think that "Guess" is one of those verbs, the sentence "I don't guess he lives in that city" is right, and the pattern "I don't guess + that-clause" sounds ok and can be used,
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