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- in order to not in order not to - WordReference Forums
Both in order not to and in order to not are acceptable; in order to not to is not correct To my ears, "I left home early in order not to be late for the appointment" sounds a little better than "I left home early in order to not be late for the appointment," but in other situations you might well choose the other option It's really a matter of style and emphasis rather than grammatical
- in order not to or in order to not? - English Language Learners . . .
You need to practise speaking English in order not to be rusty You need to practise speaking English in order to not be rusty Both are correct, but the so-called "split infinitive" ("to not be") is still occasionally frowned upon, so some writers prefer to avoid it in formal contexts You need to practise speaking English in order to be not
- not to vs in order not to - WordReference Forums
I've heard from a teacher of mine that we better use 'in order not to' rather than 'not to' I mean to say: He worked so hard in order not to let me down He worked so hard not to let me down She says that the second use is not right But it seems O K to me What's your opinion about it?
- not to in order not to so as not to - WordReference Forums
In order not to oversleep, I set the alarm for seven o’clock I walked very slowly across the room with the drinks in order not to spill them Compare the following: He’s staying on in Australia for nine more months so that he can perfect his English He’s staying on in Australia for nine more months in order to perfect his English
- not to vs in order not to - WordReference Forums
To my ear, "in order not to" just about solves the problem of the double-duty "to", but "in order" is not as clearly an adverb of purpose as "so as" And compared to sentences 3 and 4, sentence 2 has just a little extra room for misreading All it takes is for "not" to cause enough of a break between "in order" and "to" that we can imagine a comma:
- grammar - In order not to or in order to not - English Language . . .
so as not to is correct choice as not to is the natural order (I'm trying not to ) in order not to is also fine in both grammar and meaning but it sounds too formal
- order something from at on - WordReference Forums
Hi all, I am not sure which preposition to use after "order" For example, I would like to say: I needed rain boots so I ordered some at from on name of shop I have a feeling that one would say "on" if the order was made on a website such as ebay or amazon but it does not sound right when
- In order to. . + Verb (ing) - WordReference Forums
We discussed with my friend whether in order to + Verb(ing) is possible or not For example: Smaller companies were merged into the parent company in order to creating a single organization Is this true??
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