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Timeline for Order of "not" with infinitive

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Jun 11, 2020 at 17:59 comment added Théophile A nice example from your answer itself: "it's a good idea not to [do so]", whereas one would never close a phrase with "it's a good idea to not."
Aug 14, 2017 at 18:54 comment added psmears @Sasan: Did you really mean to have two "do"s? That's not grammatical in any dialect I'm aware of...
Aug 14, 2017 at 16:48 comment added Sasan What about "I tried to do not do that"?
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Apr 29, 2011 at 22:15 vote accept RétroX
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