Sentence examples for abandoned not from inspiring English sources

The phrase "abandoned not" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express a negation of abandonment, but the structure is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The project was abandoned, not completed as planned."
Alternatives: "not abandoned" or "not forsaken".

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It is false construct that should be abandoned, not redefined.

In effect they have been abandoned, not postponed".

In doing so, they have abandoned not only common sense but also the majority of voters.

Nietzsche abandoned not just traditional creationism but God as well; others find evolution compatible with monotheism.

Elizabeth abandoned not only her husband to join Fowles, but her infant daughter, Anna.

And they said they felt somewhat abandoned, not by the military, but by the public.

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But this degraded land is former forest that has been logged over and abandoned - not, as Monbiot says, "land occupied by subsistence farmers, pastoralists, hunters and gatherers".

If the project becomes - or is seen to become - a tool of maintaining the status quo and beautifying the occupation, it will be abandoned - not only by the Palestinian public, but by the very leaders who initiated this program.

The free nations should ask Russia to show cause why her curtain should not be abandoned-not as an approach to disarmament but as a precondition of further debate on anything at all.

Machado has not abandoned.

Why she abandoned it is not clear.

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