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Dmitriy
which is right? 1. He is not even trying to do it. 2. He is even not trying to do it.
Dec 12, 2017 6:53 PM
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The first one. He is not even trying to do it.
December 12, 2017
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The FIRST one
December 12, 2017
"He is not" is correct too. The contractions (he's not; she's not, etc.) are generally seen in informal texts (oral speech among friends, e-mails, ads), while more formal texts (papers for school, letters to organizations) almost always use the complete form (he is not).
December 13, 2017
He isn*t even trying to do it
December 12, 2017
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