475. In certain cases, the expression of not by n hook and half-lengthing is not practicable, because the stroke to which not is to be attached has already been halved. Hence the following rule: To the half-length stroke representing did and to any stroke which has been halved to add had or would, we may add not by an n hook, thus: did not

it would not

which would not

they had not

there would not

In these cases many writers prefer, as simpler and clearer, such phrases as the following: it would not

which would not

there would not

Exercise

476. In the following exercise, not is expressed by the n hook:

Exercise

did not

did not have

did not know

did not intend

did not think that

did not say so I did not anticipate I did not ask I did not know I did not intend

I did not think

I did not say

I did not see (vocalize

see) you (inverted) did not (I.

D.) you did not ask that you did not know you did not think

you did not say that

you did not have there

we did not

we did not ask

we did not have

we did not think

we did not know

we did not say

we did not say there

477. In the phrases there did not and they did not, the pen must be lifted, in order to give the phrase did not its regular position. If the three words were joined, did not might be confounded with do not or had not. No distinction between they do not and they had not is necessary, as the context will make clear the words intended.

Exercise

478. In the following phrases in which would or had has been added to it, which, they, there and such, by halving, not is appended by attaching the n hook to the half-length stroke:

it had not

it had not assumed

it had not been

it had not done

it had not taken

it would not

it would not be

it would not become

it would not have

it would not possess

it would not take

she had not

she had not thought

she had not this

she had not then

she would not she would not listen she would not think such had not such had not thought such had not visited such had not enough there would not there would not be there had not there had not been they had not they had not been they had not become they had not had

they had not observed they had not understood they would not they would not answer they would not be they would not become they would not do they would not have they would not know they would not necessarily they would not observe they would not say they would not take

they would not understand which had not which had not been which had not enough which had not now which had not information which had not necessarily which would not which would not answer which would not necessarily which would not now which would not insist

479. According to the Graham system, not may be added also to or or but by the n hook. (See Paragraphs 234, 238.)