Tell her not to do. vs Tell her to not do.

Both "tell her not to do." and "tell her to not do." are correct, but the more common structure in English is "tell her not to do.". The placement of the word "not" before the verb is more commonly used in English.

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Tell her not to do.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to instruct someone to refrain from doing a specific action.

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You know, by the way, I heard you tell her not to do anything.
- Anyway, so I take her home, and I got her there and I tell her not to do so much coke.
She's my best friend. I tell her everything.
What you always tell her to do.
Just like you used to tell her to do.
You can't even tell her.
She seems to be in trouble. Tell her what to do.
She does what I tell her to do.
Octavia won't do anything I tell her to do.
She's just doing what you tell her to do.
She'll do whatever I tell her to do.
You haven't even had the guts to tell her.
I better go call Dylan and tell her.
Bride's paying so let's not tell her.
Just like you forget to tell her.
And then he begged me not to tell her.
Coach Jack told me not to tell her.
But then you were actually going to tell her.
My wife does what I tell her.
- Take what? - I couldn't tell her.

Alternatives:

tell her to not do
instruct her not to do
advise her not to do
ask her not to do
urge her not to do

Tell her to not do.

This phrase is correct but less common in English.

This phrase is also used to instruct someone to refrain from doing a specific action, but the placement of "not" after the verb is less common.

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You know, by the way, I heard you tell her not to do anything.
She's my best friend. I tell her everything.
What you always tell her to do.
Just like you used to tell her to do.
You can't even tell her.
She seems to be in trouble. Tell her what to do.
She does what I tell her to do.
Octavia won't do anything I tell her to do.
She's just doing what you tell her to do.
She'll do whatever I tell her to do.
You haven't even had the guts to tell her.
I better go call Dylan and tell her.
Bride's paying so let's not tell her.
Just like you forget to tell her.
And then he begged me not to tell her.
Coach Jack told me not to tell her.
But then you were actually going to tell her.
My wife does what I tell her.
- Take what? - I couldn't tell her.
That's why it was taking him so long to tell her.

Alternatives:

tell her not to do
instruct her to not do
advise her to not do
ask her to not do
urge her to not do

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