World Languages, 19.03.2021 23:50 flargenshpargle7423

A double negative is a construction in which two ore more negative words are used where one is sufficient. NONSTANDARD: Herbert never has no time to relax no more.
STANDARD: Herbert never has any time to relax any more.
OR
Herbert has no time to relax any more.

The contraction “n’t” is a shortened way of saying not. Do not use the contraction “n’t” with another negative
word.

NONSTANDARD: There isn’t no tread on those tires.
STANDARD: There isn’t any tread on those tires.

Other negative words that a writer should not pair up with additional negative words include: no, not,
nothing, barely, scarcely, and hardly.
NONSTANDARD: They scarcely had no tickets left for the concert.
STANDARD: They scarcely had any tickets left for the concert.

Directions: Now you try it. Rewrite each of the sentences below correcting it so there are no double negatives.
Remember that there is often more than one way to correct each error.

1. I couldn’t barely hear my baby brother crying for his bottle.
i could barely.

2. Giorgio didn’t have no papers on his desk during the exam.
giorgio didn't have any
3. I heard her say that she didn’t do nothing wrong.
she didn't do anything
4. Doris doesn’t have no more time to practice her trumpet.
Doris doesn't have anymore
5. We hadn’t scarcely enough orange juice for the family at breakfast.
we had scarcely enough
6. I looked for clues concerning his disappearances but didn’t find nothing for several weeks.

didn't find anything
7. “I don’t want no more trouble,” the frustrated shopkeeper exclaimed at the meeting.
i don't want anymore trouble

8. I haven’t never seen no marsupials, even on television.

9. My grandmother Sanchez hasn’t never left her beautiful homeland of Puerto Rico.

10. Soon-Yi doesn’t have no easy answers to that complicated problem.

11. We don’t need no education.

12. I can’t get no satisfaction.

13. They can’t hardly run the required distance.

14. Harry doesn’t have no reason to complain.

15. The seagulls do not ever resist the waste receptacles at the beach.

16. Our choir members can’t scarcely hear the director’s cue.

17. It really does not make no difference to them.

18. When we looked for disposable razors on the shelf in the drugstore, we found that there
wasn’t none.

19. Unfortunately, the search party hasn’t found none of the missing airplane parts.

20. My mother couldn’t locate none of the other web sites.

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