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		brlewis on Dec 9, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Must and Must Not: On writing documentation See wiml's sibling comment for a correct reason why someone might be confused by such sentences. "Not" negates, so it is definitely not modifying "must". Clearly the word being negated is "run".

bloak on Dec 9, 2019 [–]

Believe it or not, as a native speaker of English who has studied linguistics, I do know that "not" negates, but thanks anyway.

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