"By not studying better, you will fail your exam."

Translation: En ne révisant pas mieux, tu rateras ton examen.

[Cricuvi]

Why not "en ne pas révisant"?

[Lucien660983]

"Pas" is often before infinitive verbs but not present participles.

[lulularosa]

Would "En ne pas reviser mieux ..." work?

[Lucien660983]

No, you have to use a present participle here.

[lulularosa]

Merci Lucien!

[BruceSmith51040]

Merci beaucoup Lucien.

[--Roody--]

Merci, I did the same as Cricuvi, so your explanation is helpful.

[DaveGarrar]

Can you not say: En ne pas étudiant mieux instead of révisant mieux?

[Luminous_Moose]

No, as Lucien wrote above, ne pas is used before an infinitive, not the present participle. So it would be "en n'étudiant pas mieux" and that is accepted. But reviser is better for studying for an exam.

[EdOWUd]

I did as you state and the answer was rejected

[Jimmaay]

Why is it mieux instead of meilleure

[Jimmaay]

Why is it mieux instead of meilleure?

[dorrtippens]

étudier vs réviser. I had thought that the former meant to study and the latter to review. So is one were preparing for exams one could do either but I think the English translation would have been better with "to review."

[Martyn413385]

No one would say Duo's English version. Is the French version similarly awkward?