Thursday, February 18, 2016

grammar - Can “do not” be together in negative question?



I see this quote in a lifehacker article:



“Why do not the mothers of mankind interfere in these matters to prevent the waste of that human life of which they alone bear and know the cost?”



I’ve read the grammar rule that says only the negative contradiction can be in front of the subject. So it should be ”why do the mothers of mankind not....”.




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