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Double Negatives. A double negative contains two negative words:. He doesn't even know no one. They don’t have nothing. But no one didn’t answered. Correcting Double Negatives . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Double Negatives
A double negative contains two negative
words:He doesn't even know no
one. They don’t have nothing. But no one didn’t
answered.
Correcting Double Negatives
The clause I don't have none contains two negative words—the contraction don't (do not) and the adjective none.
If you don't have none, then you do have some. To express a negative idea, you should use only one negative word.
Remember: In addition to such negative
words as never, no, none, and not, the words scarcely, hardly, and barely function as negatives and should not be used with other negative words in the same clause
Incorrect He never cooks nothing exciting
for dinner.
Correct He never cooks anything exciting
for dinner.
Incorrect We can't hardly wait for a change
in the menu.
Correct We can hardly wait for a change
in the menu.
Words combined with n't (contracted form of not)
makes a negative word.
Give yourself a test. . They didn't have tickets.
(any, no)
. Our team hasn't won the league title. (never, ever)
Try these. He didn't bring of the food.
(any, none)
Haven't you been to a football game? (ever, never)
Always remember:
Don't use no double negatives. . .
Or maybe we should say,
Don’t use any double negatives!
Resources http://www.ecu.edu.au/ses/resear
ch/CALLR/AENG/what/rules/negative.htm
205.126.22.50/language/lessons/doublene g.html
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