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Double negatives in English Posted by on Oct 22, 2013

A double negative is when there are two negative words (like ‘no’ and ‘nothing’) in one sentence. In some languages this type of grammar is allowed. In fact in some languages using two negatives intensifies the negative statement, but in English, double negatives are generally not allowed. In fact, in English using two negative words…

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