I lower myself to show humbleness.
- I lower myself, in order to show my humbleness.
- To lower oneself is a way of showing humbleness, and I lower myself.
I don't lower myself to show humbleness.
- I don't lower myself, in order to show my humbleness. (????)
- To lower oneself is a way of showing humbleness, and I don't lower myself.
I don't lower myself not to show humbleness.
- I don't lower myself, in order not to show my humbleness.
- To lower oneself is a way of showing humbleness, and I don't lower myself.
The first sentence is no problem, but when I make the negative version of that, I am confused. I find this ambiguity when the sentence structure is (not VERB to VERB)
. Is the second sentence considered correct?