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    negative structure

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    Are the following negative structures grammatically correct?


    1. She (a political refugee) wants to stay in England and not be deported.
    2. She wants to stay in England and not to be deported.


    Thanks!


    Author Catalina_3 (1357277) 20 May 23, 22:24
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    1. ist sicher korrekt, 2. klingt eigenartig - ohne dass ich analytisch sagen könnte, warum.

    #1Author reverend (314585) 20 May 23, 22:54
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    Can of worms, because I think this is about splitting the infinitive.

    #2AuthorKevin_7 (1308576) 21 May 23, 06:03
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    Ich bin gespannt auf weitere Antworten von englischen Muttersprachlern.

    Für mich klingen beide Sätze (wegen des "and") schief bzw. falsch.

    Den 2. Satz könnte ich mir - mit der entsprechenden Betonung- mit einem Komma anstelle des "and" als akzeptabel vorstellen.

    #3Author wienergriessler (925617)  21 May 23, 08:33
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    I find both are okay. They’re the kind of thing one occasionally says, or hears said, or writes, or sees written. (I’m sure there are differences of opinion though among speakers, writers and stylists concerning the desirability or undesirability of repeating “to.”)

     

    Of course “she doesn’t want to be deported” is the “classical” standard, but that entails substantial changes, not least repetition of the verb, and one can see how one might not want to repeat the verb, which suggests two wants, wishes, desires, but to preserve its single occurrence here – after all, the two objects of her wanting are very intimately bound up with each other.

     

    One could also spend time quibbling (if only with oneself) about a tiny difference in nuance between the two (the second distinguishing – by means of the "to" – the two objects of her want slightly more than the first).

    #4AuthorBion (1092007)  21 May 23, 10:16
     
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