Very often, the authors of the written text have a big problem in writing the particle “not” with verbs. Unfortunately, this situation is familiar not only for schoolchildren, but also for older people. Often, ignorance of the simple spelling rule leads to the appearance of such irregular forms in the text as “inappropriately,” “reluctantly,” “not to be,” “not looking,” and so on. To avoid such blatant errors in the text, it is important to remember that the “not” particle is written separately with verbs. It doesn’t matter in what form the verb is: in personal, in the infinitive, or is the participle. Be sure to write the negative particle "not" separately. For example, not in a hurry, not in a hurry, not in a hurry.
Of course, as in any rule there are exceptions and notes, the spelling of “not” with verbs also has a number of significant clarifications. So, together with the particle "not" are written those verbs that are not used without this particle. Examples are words such as resent, disdain, hate, dislike, unhealthy, perplexed, unseeing. In relation to the spelling “not to reach”, it is worth paying attention to the meaning. If you don’t get it, it means "do not reach out", then you need separate writing (I do not reach the ceiling.). If missing means “insufficient quantity”, “something necessary”, then a continuous writing is necessary (We lack five rubles. He lacks patience.).
A similar situation with writing
without looking (regardless). If you look, it’s an obsolete
form of the verb to look at, then the participle in spite of it is written separately (We took everything we needed, regardless of the price.). If in spite of - part of the proposed combination in spite of, which has the meaning "despite", "in spite of something," it is necessary to write it together. (Despite the weather, we went on a journey. The war continued, despite the losses.). The verb "grab", regardless of its meaning, is always written with a negative particle "not" separately. (The child no longer grabs the cat by the tail. The sentence lacks
punctuation.). Therefore, when deciding how to write “not” with verbs, one must not lose sight of the meaning of the verb itself.
Some difficulties arise when writing verbs with under-, where under- is a compound prefix indicating incompleteness, insufficiency. Such verbs are always written together (to not get enough points, to undercook vegetables, to underweight cereals, to unscrew a nut, to underload, to not eat enough, to not hear enough, to not enough sleep, to not receive enough, to miss or miss).
In this case, the
prefix is often antonymic to the
prefix (underweigh - outweigh, undersalt - oversalt). However, if a verb has a prefix pre-, and not - it is a negative particle, and in general a verb denotes an incomplete action, then it is necessary to write together not with verbs. Examples: do not watch the movie until the end, he often did not finish his breakfast, did not convey many facts.
Having learned these simple rules and practiced a little, it will be much easier to decide how to write not with verbs in a specific situation. And then the written text will look much more literate, and your reputation will not be damaged.