«Как правильно сказать «чтобы не забыть»: - in order not to forget, - in order to not forget;

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Вадим Кasked for translation 6 years ago

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Как правильно сказать «чтобы не забыть»:

- in order not to forget,

- in order to not forget;

- to not forget?

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So that I (you etc.) don't forget
translation added by Elena Bogomolova
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The most common is “in order not to (do something)”. “In order to not (do something)” is also fine depending on the context. The last one would highly depend on the context.
translation added by Holy Moly
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Alexander Аkimovadded a comment 6 years ago

Частотность употребления в литературе: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=in+order+not+to%2Cin+order+to+not&case_insensitive=on&year_start=1500&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t4%3B%2Cin%20order%20not%20to%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bin%20order%20not%20to%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BIn%20order%20not%20to%3B%2Cc0%3B.t4%3B%2Cin%20order%20to%20not%3B%2Cc0%3B%2Cs0%3B%3Bin%20order%20to%20not%3B%2Cc0%3B%3BIn%20order%20to%20not%3B%2Cc0

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 6 years ago

They’re both acceptable and correct. It’s a matter of preference. I say IN ORDER TO NOT, as do most of the people I know in the US. IN ORDER NOT TO is something I would write in a letter, for instance. Also, colloquially, most people tend to say SO AS TO NOT (which they pronounce [so’z ta not]... 😉

Вадим Кadded a comment 6 years ago

10q!

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 6 years ago

👍🏼

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