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Ask for help > "The Ways of Not Getting Along" or "Ways of Not Getting Along"
"The Ways of Not Getting Along" or "Ways of Not Getting Along"
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dobrawaa
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"The Ways of Not Getting Along" or "Ways of Not Getting Along"
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Which one of them sounds better? I think that they both are correct. What do you think? Thanks for help Ania |
2 Feb 2020
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redcamarocruiser
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How to not get along or ways to not get along
sounds better to me, but if you want to use the preposition �of� both of your examples are understandable. |
2 Feb 2020
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dobrawaa
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Thanks a lot for your help |
2 Feb 2020
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vickycifuentes
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"Ways" have to be with no article, as you are talking in general and in plural. To make the infinitive in negative, "not" has to be placed BEFORE the infinitive...it is a grammatical rule... So it would be: WAYS NO TO GET ALONG. |
2 Feb 2020
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anitarobi
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Agreeing and disagreeing If you say �ways not to get along�, it�s as if you are teaching them not to get along with people:). Unless I have misunderstood what your material is about. But I believe you are talking about expressing ways to agree or disagree with someone. Best of luck whatever you do. |
2 Feb 2020
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aperkins4
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I agree with Mary.
`How not to get along` and `Ways to not get along` both sound more natural.
However, both of your examples are grammatically correct.
`The ways of not getting along` implies that there is a certain list which has all the available options. These are THE ways to not get along.
`Ways of not getting along` is a list of SOME possible ways to not get along. There are other ways which are not on the list. |
2 Feb 2020
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cunliffe
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Ways of not getting along would indicate an observation, whereas Ways to not get along - which does sound more natural - sounds like a list of instructions to follow. Hopefully, that would be a fun article, not serious!
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3 Feb 2020
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dobrawaa
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Thank you again for your input. It�s actually a title of a CD recorded by my student :) |
3 Feb 2020
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