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Old 28-Dec-2005, 16:57
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Thumbs up Re: which adverbs can't have a 'not' after them?

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Originally Posted by dihen
Isn't "Is this not what you wanted?" also correct?
By the way is "It is just as not good" (means "It is just as bad") correct or not?
It works if you rearrange the sentence: "It is just not as good".
A native speaker would be more likely to say it like this though:"It just isn`t as good." Or this, without the contraction "It just is not as good."
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