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The phrase "to fight not" is not standard in written English and may sound awkward or unclear.
It could be used in a poetic or stylistic context where inversion is acceptable, but it is generally better to use more conventional phrasing. Example: "In this battle, we choose to fight not for glory, but for peace."
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Nobody wants to fight, not really.
He came to fight, not just to survive.
Giving them weapons to fight – not considering that they could get killed.
Some of the men had tried to fight — not that it mattered.
Mr. Stoiber will have to fight not only Mr. Schröder, but the received political wisdom here.
"You have to fight not just the original fight, but this onslaught in the comments thread.
I still have to fight not to see all this through a set of crosshairs".
"We don't know what happened, but the Tigre players came to Brazil to fight, not to play," he said.
But I know in my heart she'd want me to fight, not sit at home and get down.
Some also went to fight not for Isis but for other groups such as al-Nusra Front.
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Jesse Jackson continues to fight-not for the nomination but for an as yet undefined position in Democratic Party politics.
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