Discussion
The doctor told him __________.
Answer: B
The answer is not to smoke: The doctor told him not to smoke.
A reported command uses 'tell + object + infinitive', and the negative is made by placing not before 'to': told him not to smoke. This reports the direct command "Do not smoke."
'To not smoke' splits the infinitive, which formal grammar treats as wrong. 'Told him do not smoke' mixes direct and reported speech without quotation marks. Since 'not to smoke' is correct, 'none of these' is wrong.
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