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not to do vs to not do

It's easy for me not to feel how much i am thinking of you just like I can not feel I am breathing because I am breathing at every moment.
It's easy for me to not realize how much i am thinking of you and missing you just as I can not realize the breaths I take, because I breathe with every passing moment.
英语本来就是一个发展式的语言,书写大概在AD1000-AD1200定型,近乎现代的语法大概在AD1700-AD1800开始模式化,纯与不纯在于人们接受不接受,英国号称自己是英文的发祥地,而在二战之后美国却将其发扬光大。以纯正语法而言,to not do是属于split infinitive错误用法。

美国人的to not do something有别于not to do something。后者(not to do)一般具有很多责任,而其责任不包含去做下列的事,前者(to not do)指其主要责任是不去做下列的事。