Is "to not" or "not to" grammatically correct? I found out that it's not wrong either way at Learners Dictionary
To be or not to be?
or
To be or to not be?
Shakespeare probably wrote "not to" in the above sentence because the question begins with "To". This gave the writing variety.
There is an exception to the grammatical usage of to not or not to. Actually to not is used instead of not to sometimes. You can not use not to in this sentence when saying this out loud:
Two knot shoelaces are better than not to knot.
Today I chose to use not to in a sentence and tomorrow I will choose to not. A third option you can do is totally replace not to or to not in sentences you write.
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