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Discover LudwigThe phrase "allowed not" is not commonly used in modern written English and may sound awkward or archaic.
It can be used in formal or literary contexts to indicate prohibition, but it is generally better to use more standard phrasing.
Example: "In this situation, you are allowed not to participate if you feel uncomfortable."
Alternatives: "not permitted" or "not allowed".
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They are allowed not to.
"Not allowed, not in Family Court," he said flatly.
Choke holds are in fact allowed, not banned.
Reading is not allowed; not even notes can be used onstage.
"We weren't even allowed not to like the food he made — and it was awful.
No dates; those wouldn't have been allowed, not that she'd been asked on any.
"You're allowed not to be interested in what someone does," Pym says.
Let vast crowds gather, let doubt flourish, let us be allowed not to know.
It allowed not only determining average values for joint capacities, but also estimated the expected experimental scattering thereof.
He has been allowed not only to live in what one US official called a "studio" in Camp Echo.
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It also said that, "recognising the recent temperatures", students were allowed not to wear their jumper or blazer.
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