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Double negative   /dˈəbəl nˈɛgətɪv/   Listen
Double negative

noun
1.
An affirmative constructed from two negatives.
2.
A grammatically substandard but emphatic negative.





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"Double negative" Quotes from Famous Books



... never quite lost the mincing speech of the class from which he sprang, nor could he acquire facility in the vigorous mode of expression proper to his new and exalted station. "Not 'arf" and "'Strewf" ever came haltingly to his tongue, and to the last he struggled painfully with the double negative. ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 9, 1920 • Various
... to the position of the phrase modifier; that relating to the choice of prepositions; that relating to the double negative (Lesson 41). Give examples of errors. Can a noun be an attribute complement? Illustrate. What do you understand by a participle? Into what may some participles be changed? Illustrate. What offices does the infinitive phrase ...
— Graded Lessons in English • Alonzo Reed and Brainerd Kellogg


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