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My father advised me {"not to stay" or "to not stay"} up late . Which one is grammatically correct?
Mar 23, 2022 7:04 PM
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My father advised me not to stay up late. To form the negative infinitive, put 'not' before to- or zero infinitive (the verb without particle to-).
March 23, 2022
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"Not to stay" is grammatically correct.
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Dana Hendam
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Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin)
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Chinese (Mandarin)
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