Hobbes (corrigez-moi)

[shell fractal]

Please be patient

Our volunteers look into many questions every day; sometimes it takes them a little while to answer.

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[hasty eagle]

What do you mean by "translators show that both are possible"? Translators don't check grammar. Only the first is correct, negations only go before the infinitive, not around it.

[frail cipher]

Le premier choix. « Tu pourrais être gentil, mais tu choisis de ne pas l’être. »

[frosty oar]

deepL showed the second one as an "alternative", I've never seen it before so I thought I'd ask if it can also be used. Thanks for clarifying!

[gloomy sequoia]

deepl shows anything it can because it's asked to