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Not sure if edited, but your quote is slightly off. Should be > They have shown not themselves to be a reliable partner The "not" there feels like it's in an
by bmelton 7y ago
Not sure if edited, but your quote is slightly off. Should be
> They have shown not themselves to be a reliable partner
The "not" there feels like it's in an ambiguous spot, but at least gives a faint connotation of the author's intent, which reads as you'd like it to.
- rhizome 7y agoEven GP flailed it and put the 'not' in the wrong place. Should be "They have shown themselves not to be a reliable partner."
- dorkwood 7y agoAlso acceptable would be "they have shown themselves to be a reliable partner... not"
- a1369209993 7y agoThat could be interpreted as "they have not shown themselves to be a reliable partner" (ie we don't know) instead of the correct "they have shown themselves to not be a reliable partner" (ie we know they aren't), though.
- buboard 7y agoyeah it should be not (themselves to be (a reliable partner))