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    The document discusses double negatives and provides examples of sentences with double negatives. It advises avoiding double negatives as they can make sentences ambiguous or awkward. It then provides exercises for identifying double negatives and rewriting sentences with double negatives to have only one negative.

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    Double Negatives
     Negative words: no, not, nobody, nothing, none, never, hardly, scarcely, barely,
    rarely, unlike.

     Using two negatives in the same sentence gives the opposite meaning, but it does
    the job awkwardly. Avoid double negatives!

    Directions: In the sentences below, circle each correct word in the parentheses.

    1. She couldn’t eat (anything, nothing).

    2. I didn’t see (nothing, anything).

    3. We (could, couldn’t) hardly see through the fog.

    4. She did not have (anything, nothing) to read.

    5. I could not see (no, any) way to help.

    6. I cannot find my money (anywhere, nowhere).

    7. You (can, cannot) scarcely recognize her.

    8. The children do not need (no, any) candy.

    9. We barely had (any, no) money.

    10. Maurice (could, couldn’t) hardly wait.

    11. Kimione was not carrying (no, any) packages.

    12. The tear in his shirt (was, was not) barely noticeable.

    13. The lecturer did not say (anything, nothing) interesting.

    14. Of all the cars I tried, I did not buy (none, any).

    15. The baby (cannot, can) hardly walk yet.

    16. Isn’t there (nothing, anything) you want for Christmas?


    17. Haven’t you (any, no) size 10 dresses?

    18. We did not meet (nobody, anybody) at Markeisha’s party.

    19. I could not find my purse (nowhere, anywhere).

    20. The wind was so strong I (could, couldn’t) hardly stand.

    Directions: Each of these sentences contains a double negative. Re-write each sentence
    so that it makes sense and only contains one negative.

    1. George Washington didn’t never tell a lie.

    2. I don’t want no trouble from you.

    3. I can’t hardly believe your story.

    4. I didn’t eat no pizza.

    5. I hardly saw nothing.

    6. I haven’t seen no two-toed sloths around here lately.

    7. You don’t have no business using two negatives in the same phrase.

    8. I hardly never make the double negative mistake, but when I do, my
    embarrassment is unlike none other.

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