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DOUBLE NEGATIVE

"I can't feel nothing."

A negative word is...

a word that disagrees, refuses or denies something.

no, nobody, none, nothing, not, nowhere

I can't see any people.

We call it a double negative if there are TWO negative words in a sentence.

I can't see no people.

In standard UK and American English this is considered incorrect.

We see the words as cancelling each other out...

I don't not like beer = I like beer.

I can't see ANY people.

Not: I can't see no people.

I see no people.

never hardly neither rarely

I hardly EVER see him anymore.

NOT: -I hardly never see him anymore- -I hardly ever see him no more.

any words with "n't" in them are also negative.

can't, shouldn't, didn't, aren't etc...

no, nobody, none, nothing, not, nowhere

never hardly neither rarely

any words with "n't" in them are also negative.

can't, shouldn't, didn't, aren't etc...

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I haven't got no friends.

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I don't care about going to school anymore!

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I didn't see him. He isn't here.

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It ___ hardly rained this summer.

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I ___ had any money left

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It ___ hardly rained this summer.

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I ___ had any money left

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Billy ____ want to talk to ____ about his problems.

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Bill realized that he ______ of the spices he'd bought at the store.

"Ain't no sunshine when she's gone."

"I Can't Get No Satisfaction"

"Some people want it all But I don't want nothing at all If it ain't you, baby If I ain't got you, baby"

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DOUBLE NEGATIVE

A negative word is...

no, nobody, none, nothing, not, nowhere

I can't see any people.

We call it a double negative if there are TWO negative words in a sentence.

I can't see no people.

In standard UK and American English this is considered incorrect.

We see the words as cancelling each other out...

I can't see ANY people.

I see no people.

never hardly neither rarely

I hardly EVER see him anymore.

any words with "n't" in them are also negative.

no, nobody, none, nothing, not, nowhere

never hardly neither rarely

any words with "n't" in them are also negative.

"Ain't no sunshine when she's gone."

"I Can't Get No Satisfaction"

"Some people want it all But I don't want nothing at all If it ain't you, baby If I ain't got you, baby"

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