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What does the sentences mean?
" I can't read nothing a word at all." and " I can read nothing a word."?
Posted on: 2007/11/21 17:21
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Hi dog-legged,
Yes, they are the same. It's double-negative colloquial expression in linguistics. Tim can explain better.
Posted on: 2007/11/21 17:39
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I still have no idea.
 Can someone please show me more sentences like this "double-negative" to enlighten me? Your reply will be appreciated.
Posted on: 2007/11/23 22:53
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The fist one should be a very strong emotion, the speaker empathizes what he or she has got.
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Double negatives or multiple negatives are used by some people to make things seem more negative. This usage is not considered standard now. Compare the following sentences:
1. I don't know anything. -> Single negative, standard usage. I don't know nothing. -> Double negative, considered uneducated by most people. 2. It is not anything (or something) I know. -> Single negative. It isn't (or ain't) nothing I don't know. -> Multiple negative. There's one famous slang expression that employs double negative. The expression is "you ain't seen nothing yet." Tim
Posted on: 2007/11/24 10:51
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