Thursday, April 4, 2019

grammar - して行{い}かない versus しないで行{い}く


Do they have the same meaning?



A: 宿{しゅく}題{だい}をして行{い}かない生{せい}徒{と}が多{おお}いです。


B: 宿{しゅく}題{だい}をしないで行{い}く生{せい}徒{と}が多{おお}いです。




Answer



If sentence A has a comma like:




A: 宿題をして、行かない生徒が多いです。
B: 宿題をしないで行く生徒が多いです。



then Sjiveru is right.


However, it doesn't have a comma, so they have the same meaning. They mean "There are many students who go without doing their homework." The して行かない doesn't mean "don't go" but "don't do their homework."


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