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07-Sep-2006, 17:03
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| |  Re: which adverbs can't have a 'not' after them?
Do these sounds unnatural to you?
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often can't
often hasn't
often didn't
often don't
recently haven't
has in fact not
has generally not been
has usually not been
has often not been
was formerly not
was previously not
was originally not
is typically not
are both not
are all not
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11-Sep-2006, 16:08
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It depends on the sentence, dihen. I'd say yes, all of them are possible and some are probably more liklely than others. With the appropriate sentence/context, they'd also sound natural.  |
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Originally Posted by dihen  Can someone at least tell me the difference of placing "not" before the adverb and placing "not" after the adverb, such as? :
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"it is currently not" and "it is not currently"
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"I have recently not" and "I have not recently" | "It is currently not raining" and "It is not currently raining" mean the same thing. However, "I have recently not seen him" and "I have not recently seen him" do not mean the same thing. Cas? 
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16-Sep-2006, 03:04
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| | Re: which adverbs can't have a 'not' after them?
Ron often can't decide what to say.
Bob is typically not very bashful.
They are all not very old. |
16-Sep-2006, 03:11
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Originally Posted by RonBee "It is currently not raining" and "It is not currently raining" mean the same thing. However, "I have recently not seen him" and "I have not recently seen him" do not mean the same thing. | Do you find "I recently haven't/have not seen him" natural? Quote: |
Originally Posted by RonBee (Dihen, why all the deletions?) | Because they are only some "please answer me" posts that I use to bump the thread. |
16-Sep-2006, 03:19
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Originally Posted by dihen Do you find "I recently haven't/have not seen him" natural? | No, I don't. "I haven't recently" or "I have not recently" are more natural, IMO. |
28-Sep-2006, 05:28
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| | Re: which adverbs can't have a 'not' after them?
Are these unnatural?
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I sometimes can't.
I sometimes don't.
I already don't.
I already don't know. Why are still asking me?
Please don't tell him. I'm already not going to tell him.
Please don't tell him. I'm already not telling him.
I sometimes still don't.
I sometimes still can't.
He has again not finished it.
He again hasn't finished it.
I at first didn't believe what they said.
I at first did not believe what they said.
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Other than that, it seems to me that "not always" sometimes can mean "often not", not just "sometimes not".
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| | Re: which adverbs can't have a 'not' after them?
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Originally Posted by dihen Are these unnatural?
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I sometimes can't.
I sometimes don't.
I already don't.
I already don't know. Why are still asking me?
Please don't tell him. I'm already not going to tell him.
Please don't tell him. I'm already not telling him.
I sometimes still don't.
I sometimes still can't.
He has again not finished it.
He again hasn't finished it.
I at first didn't believe what they said.
I at first did not believe what they said. | Most of them seem quite unnatural. However, the last two are quite plausible.
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