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He seems not to be aware of dangers. Or quite simply you can put He doesn't (or does not) seem aware of dangers. Forums Dictionarysearch:  English-Spanish English-French English-Italian English-German English-Dutch English-Russian English-Portuguese English-Polish English-Romanian English-Swedish English-Czech English-Greek English-Turkish English-Chinese English-Japanese English-Korean English-Arabic Spanish-English French-English Italian-English German-English Dutch-English Russian-English Portuguese-English Polish-English Romanian-English Swedish-English Czech-English Greek-English Turkish-English Chinese-English Japanese-English Korean-English Arabic-English Spanish-French Spanish-Portuguese Spanish-Catalan French-Spanish Portuguese-Spanish Englishdefinition Englishsynonyms Englishcollocations Englishusage Italiandefinition Spanishdefinition Spanishsynonyms Catalandefinition Spanish French Italian Login Register What'snew Search Rules/Help/FAQ Members InterfaceLanguage Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. itseemstonotbexitseemsnottobe... Threadstarter cottontige Startdate Apr11,2008 C cottontige NewMember PORTUGUESE-BRAZIL Helloeverybody, Ihaveadoubt....whichsentenceiscorrect? heseemstonotbeawareofdangers heseemsnottobeawareofdangers heseemstobenotawareofdangers ....:/ thankyouforyourhelp!!   S Sylentia SeniorMember English(UK)/Italian-bilingual Heseemsnottobeawareofdangers.OrquitesimplyyoucanputHedoesn't(ordoesnot)seemawareofdangers.   F Franzi SeniorMember Astoria,NY (SanFrancisco)English Good:"Hedoesn'tseemtobeawareofthedanger.""Heseemstotallyunawareofthedanger." Ok:"Heseemsnottobeawareofthedanger.""Heseemstonotbeawareofthedanger." Bad:"Heseemstobenotawareofthedanger."   A arbilab SeniorMember DallasTexasUS USenglish heseemstonotbeawareofdangers Splitinfinitive,asabove.Technicallyincorrect.Butevensomeformalstylebooks(asusedbynewspapersandmagazines)willpermitthis,aswellasdanglingparticiplesandprepositions,iftheformalconstructionwouldbecumbersomeandthemeaningisstillclear.Englishteachershowever,willnot. heseemsnottobeawareofdangers Correct. heseemstobenotawareofdangers Alsoacceptable,thoughtheformerconstructionispreferable,andtheconstructionheseemstobeunawareofdangersisalsopreferable. Itisnotaruleofgrammar,butitisaruleofwritingforcomprehensionandgettingareadertounderstandandagreewithyou.Itistheruleof'not'.Thatis,donotuse'not',ornegativesingeneral,ifyoucanhelpit.Putanotherway,usenotnot.Undertheruleofnot,thelastconstructionisthebest.Youmayalsodeletetheinfinitivealtogether,heseemsunawareofdangers.Thestateofbeing(whattheinfinitiveexpressesliterally)isimplied,unmistakeably.   Youmustloginorregistertoreplyhere. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums EnglishOnly EnglishOnly Top