Alan Henrique
Member
- Joined
- Jul 27, 2014
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Portuguese
- Home Country
- Brazil
- Current Location
- Brazil
I would appreciate it if you could help me. I've been an ESL Teacher for around 6 years and even though I've been studying a lot in order to always provide my students with valid information, when it comes to the English language, sometimes I get in doubt. One of the points is the infinitives when they can be made negative.
The trouble for me lies in sentences like these ones:
I decided not to go.
I didn't decide to go.
She enjoys not working.
She doesn't enjoy working.
Are they the same? Do they express the same meaning? Something tells me they kind of differ in some aspects, however I really don't know how to explain these subtle differences to my students. Can anybody help me with that? I'd really like somebody who is a native speaker of this fantastic language to give me a clear explanation. I'd be sincerely thankful for it. :-D
The trouble for me lies in sentences like these ones:
I decided not to go.
I didn't decide to go.
She enjoys not working.
She doesn't enjoy working.
Are they the same? Do they express the same meaning? Something tells me they kind of differ in some aspects, however I really don't know how to explain these subtle differences to my students. Can anybody help me with that? I'd really like somebody who is a native speaker of this fantastic language to give me a clear explanation. I'd be sincerely thankful for it. :-D