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After entering the fountain of youth, she was now young not old.

After entering the fountain of youth, she was now young and not old.

Are both these ok. Any difference?

Can you leave out the comma before not old at the beginning.

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In the first one, you need a comma. "... young, not old."

With that change both sentences are grammatically correct, but I think the emphasis is off. I would write, "After entering the fountain of youth, she was no longer old. Now she was young."

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