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"bother to fix" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to take the time and effort to fix something. It is often used to convey a feeling of annoyance or inconvenience in having to fix something. Example: Despite her busy schedule, she took the time to bother to fix the broken door handle for her roommate.
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She waitressed to support herself and lived in a series of decrepit apartments that she didn't bother to fix up.
Unfortunately, I often don't notice (or bother to fix) the inevitable flaws — the chipped baseboard, the broken door knob — until I see them through my mother's eyes.
"I had outfits that dissolved at the dry-cleaners, made by students who didn't bother to fix the dye or sew properly".
Many of them think that peddling insurance is a deep profit center for big rental companies, most of which have their own repair shops and sometimes don't bother to fix dents and dings.
I learned that if I wrote anything self-indulgent it would get cut out under deadline, and then I would have to read my story with a big gaping hole since newspaper editors don't bother to fix transitions.
You often don't even bother to fix broken TVs, cameras or microwave ovens.
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No one has bothered to fix the damage yet.
The courts rejected that ploy, but Mr. Bush never bothered to fix the problem.
But it seems as if nobody has bothered to fix the signs giving directions, which are now completely off.
But that solution never completely worked, and when the tunnel broke down in the 1960s, no one bothered to fix it.
His hair was longer and whiter, and he had grown a small paunch; later, I learned that he had broken a tooth and hadn't bothered to fix it.
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