double negatives

[catweasle]

should they be considered an absolute no no?

[craft1948]

no because I often use them by mistake - but snigger when other people do..

[dot.hawkes]

I've not done nothing so don;t blame me

[sara3]

:o)

[NoMercy]

Loved what you did there, Cat!

I have been to parts of the world and met people who have never even been to these shores, and yet they speak a far superior level of English that the vast majority of our indigenous linguistic retards!

Prime example in the CBB house when Danielle-no-brains-Lloyd said of Shilpa Shetty, "She don't even talk proper!"

ffs, Shetty's English was impeccable!

[catweasle]

noMercy, i love what you can do with the english language, so much fun to be had, and it's free to anyone with half a mind to look for it!

[WhiteBear]

how can a negative be a double negative??

and how can two wrongs doesnt make a right??

i really dont understand.. very logic.... negative is always a negative not double.

and how can two wrongs make a right?? its wrong isnt it?? i keep asking my maths teacher that, but he never answers me.

[WhiteBear]

henc to my last post:
its like saying ' Its nice, but i dont like it'
you either think its nice, or dont like it, cant b both!!!!

[catweasle]

whitebear i think thath's called an oxymoron?

[123everton]

Double negatives are positive things.

[no-knowledge]

don't fetch me into it ffs

[WhiteBear]

everton how can two negative become positive things?

have you tried putting two negative magnets together??

[joggerjayne]

I don't think anyone has posted a double negative, yet.

" ... absolute no no " is not a double negative. It's a single negative, but emphasised by repitition.

A double negative is where ...

Instead of saying:

"Your black dress would look appropriate tonight"

You say:

"Your black dress would not look inappropriate tonight"

Some people feel that the latter example sounds more sophisticated. In reality, it is just awkward sentence construction.

[123everton]

I seem to remember in school (a long time ago now) that 2 negatives made a positive.
I could be wrong though, as I've slept since then.

[joggerjayne]

Incidentally, two negatives can easily become a positive.

-3 x -3 = 9

... for example.

[123everton]

^^See^^
Nyer nyer nee nyer nyer.
;-)