Double negatives occur when there are two forms of negatives in the same sentence or clause. Double negatives usually have a negative verb, a negative pronoun, a negative adverb or a negative 结合。 Double negatives are regarded as non standard usage in formal English. They are 非常 common in informal English.

When there are two negatives in a sentence or a clause, they work like a mathematic equation. They slash each other and the meaning of the sentence becomes a positive one. Here are a few examples:

Idon'tknownothingaboutcomputers.(Thismeans-Iknowaboutcomputers.)

Itwon'tdoyounogood.(Itmeans-Itwilldoyougood.)

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