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jasonlulu_2000
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 Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:56 am Post subject: not to OR to not |
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It is common practice among my friends to not use capital letters in e-mail.
It is common practice among my friends not to use capital letters in e-mail.
Which one is right from the point of a native?
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dragn
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| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:04 am Post subject: |
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It is common practice among my friends to not use capital letters in e-mail.
It is common practice among my friends not to use capital letters in e-mail |
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Both are correct. There is often some flexibility in the placement of not in many sentence patterns. Opinions may vary as to which is more common, but personally I think the first might enjoy a slight edge.
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jasonlulu_2000
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| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:25 am Post subject: ask again |
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So you mean, I hope not to be accepted=I hope to not be accepted.
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dragn
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| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:43 am Post subject: |
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I hear it both ways on a fairly regular basis.
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jasonlulu_2000
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| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:02 am Post subject: OK |
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| OK. now I know |
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