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I should not have gone.

I should have not gone.

Position not in a compound verb after the first auxiliary.

With the present or perfect participle, place not at the beginning: Not having set the alarm, he was late for work. Not being rich, he couldn't afford it.

Is the room enough large for you?

Is the room large enough for you?

Place the adverb enough after the word it qualifies and not before.

When enough is an adjective, it comes before the noun: We have enough food for six people.

I told Liz to not come on Monday.

I told Liz not to come on Monday.

Position not in the negative infinitive immediately before the word to and not after it.

They always come to school by bus.

They come always to school by bus.

Place adverbs of indefinite time, like ever, never, always, often, seldom, soon, sometimes and the adverbs almost, scarcely, hardly, nearly, even, before the principal verb.

With the verb to be place the adverb of indefinite time after the verb: They are always beautifully dressed.

Janet wrote her essay carefully.

Janet wrote carefully her essay.

With a transitive verb, the adverb generally comes after the object.

If, however, the object is long, the adverb may come after the transitive verb: She wrote carefully all the essays she had to do.

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