Element FORM: 'NOT', NON FINITE AND ELLIPTED CLAUSES
SuperCat NEGATION
SubCat negation
Lexical Range N/A
Level B1
Cando Can use 'not' before a non-finite or ellipted clause.
Corrected Learner Example But every time a small envelope arrived, I ripped it open as fast as I could. Not this time. (Germany; B1 THRESHOLD; 2008; German; Pass)

I would like to apologise for not being able to attend on Friday 13th June for my visit. (Iran; B1 THRESHOLD; 2003; Farsi; Pass)

The picnic will be held in the park three kilometres away from the city center so it will be quiet and not crowded. (Vietnam; B1 THRESHOLD; 2009; Vietnamese; Pass)

Well, I think it will be better for you to go to a large school in the centre of the town and not to the small school. (Peru; B1 THRESHOLD; 2008; Spanish - Latin American; Pass)
Uncorrected Learner Example
Comments N/A

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