Which is correct?
The thief carried the knife carefully so as not to cut himself.
The thief carried the knife carefully not to cut himself.
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Which is correct?
The thief carried the knife carefully so as not to cut himself.
The thief carried the knife carefully not to cut himself.
The first one. The second one sounds quite awkward, and in fact one way I can think of to improve it would be to add a comma: “The thief carried the knife carefully, not to cut himself”. The slight pause is meant to suggest the missing “so as”!