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created by: bbedited by: dzyubamIn English, double negatives must be avoided. It is incorrect to use two negatives in the same sentence clause. (See [highlight]this page[/highlight] for more examples of double negatives and negation.)
Study the examples below:
| INCORRECT | CORRECT | OR |
| I don’t have no money. | I don’t have any money. | I have no money. |
| We didn’t want no ice. | We didn’t want any ice. | We wanted no ice. |
| He doesn’t like nobody. | He doesn’t like anybody. | He likes nobody. |
| She can’t never come out. | She can’t ever come out. | She can’t come out. |
Exercise 23: Avoiding Double Negatives
Correct the following sentences, all of which contain double negatives.
Example: Jimmy doesn’t have no manners.
Jimmy doesn’t have any manners.1. Kathy didn’t do nothing.
2. There isn’t no milk in the refrigerator.
3. I can’t never understand him.
4. We couldn’t see nothing but people at the concert.
5. They didn’t trust nobody.
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