Tarwa

Double Negatives

A double negative occurs when two forms of Negative + Negative = Positive
Negative + Positive = Negative
negation are used in the same sentence. Multiple negation is the moregeneral term.
An standard written English, when two negatives are used in one sentence, the negatives are understood to cancel one another and produce a weakened affirmative.
A double negative is thenonstandard usage of two negatives used in the same sentence so that they cancel each other and create a positive.
Remembering that two negatives form a positive will help you to avoid the "doublenegative" grammar problem:

Negative + Negative = Positive
Negative + Positive = Negative

A double negative occurs when two forms of negation are used in the same sentence. Multiple negation isthe more general term.
An standard written English, when two negatives are used in one sentence, the negatives are understood to cancel one another and produce a weakened affirmative.
A doublenegative is the nonstandard usage of two negatives used in the same sentence so that they cancel each other and create a positive.
Remembering that two negatives form a positive will help you to avoid the"double negative" grammar problem:
Negative + Negative = Positive
Negative + Positive = Negative
Negative Words
The following list contains words that are regarded as negative. If you use them inyour sentences once, your statements will be negative.

no
not
none
nothing

nowhere
neither
nobody
no one

hardly
scarcely
barel

Sentence | Meaning |
Positive Constructionnegative+ negative | I hardly have none. | I have some. |
| I don't want nothing. | I want something. |
Negative Constructionnegative + positive | I hardly have any. | I have few. |
|I don't want anything. | I want nothing. |

Note: the usage of double negatives is not considered proper or standard in English. On some occasions, mostly when speaking, the use of double negatives is accepted;...