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1) The two are acceptable. However, the 1st one is the best of all.
| Subject | adverb + verb | object | | I | only know | him. | | We | hardly/barely knew | the family. |
2) Generally speaking, I won't use Negative Infinitive in any formal writings - when writing poems or drawing a comparison, I may do, so I'd say '... didn't happen to...'.
In terms of spoken English, some verbs like 'decide' go with 'Not To' perfectly well e.g.
- Initially I thought ..., then I decided not to go.
- She told me that ... and she asked me not to tell her husband.
- Interestingly A birds happened to evolve; B birds happened not to ...
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三个女子的故事 (2008-5-28) colaice 
发表于 2015-7-16 11:16
