2015年10月1日 · Not is the general negator for verb phrases, including predicate adjectives and nouns. In a verb phrase, not occurs immediately after the first auxiliary verb. If there is no …

You can certainly say . . . it's not OK to not learn from them. However, bear in mind that there are still people around who mistakenly believe that such a construction is a split infinitive and …

2012年5月18日 · It*is*n't vs Its*not. This obviously matters a whole lot for rhythm and rhyme. Sometimes (though rarely) it is worth avoiding the harsh 's' sound from it's not due to …

Won't is simply a contraction of the words will not. They have the exact same meaning. Won't is more informal; if you're writing an essay, in most cases you're advised not to use any …

The normal form of a negative infinitive is "not to X", in all contexts. The form "to not X" is grammatical (notwithstanding the generations of people who have moaned about "splitting the …

TL;DR: "or not" is never required if the alternative is a simple negation of the stated proposition, but an "or" clause is required in, say, "You must choose whether to write novels or poems" …

As Kieren has commented, won't is short for will not whereas wouldn't is short for would not. They're not interchangeable. e.g. you wouldn't write I won't do that if I were you, you'd write I …

2010年9月25日 · I do this not because it is grammatically incorrect, but because it is more aesthetically pleasing. The overuse of the word "that" is a hallmark of lazy speech. Indeed, if …

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is certainly not excluding those cars that are both dented and need their oil changed. The main difference between or and and is a mild sense of contrast or indifference: "Help yourself to the …