The main principles for the position of negatives: (a) they tend not to be separated from the verb by the subject or the object, (b) they tend not to interrupt the verb+object unit (Negative-Plus-VO Principle), and (c) they tend to precede the verb (Negative-Before-Verb-Principle).
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The main principles for the position of negatives: (a) they tend not to be separated from the verb by the subject or the object, (b) they tend not to interrupt the verb+object unit (Negative-Plus-VO Principle), and (c) they tend to precede the verb (Negative-Before-Verb-Principle).
Negative-Plus-VO Principle: principle whereby the negative neither interrupts nor is separated from the VO combination.