MCFC Wirral
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Part of me would die inside when I’d hear Cockneys say “I ain’t got no” etc.
double negatives
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NHS on line training for staff is full of double negatives.
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- We went to Rotherham…
Didn’t bother the Glimmer Twins.
calumdown
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i met a little lady from way down south
and i thought she was kinda sweet.
she had a tasty tongue in a cowgirl mouth
that said things you’d wanna repeat.
“i don’t never go for that city stuff –
i like my drinks and men smooth and hard.”
and i said, “won’t you leave me when you’ve had enough?”
and she said, handing back my credit card,
“i don’t want none of your money, sweet,
i don’t care for no one but you.
i don’t know nothin’ ’bout how to cheat –
that ain’t nothin’ i’d wanna do.”
we had a little drink and we had a little dance
and we painted lots of red on the town,
and pretty soon we had ourselves a fine romance
and i took her out shopping for a gown.
oh, i bought her a ring, and i bought her a home,
and i got her set up nice and neat.
but sometimes i’d worry she would use me and roam,
and whenever i did, she’d repeat,
“i don’t want none of your money, sweet,
i don’t care for no one but you.
i don’t know nothin’ ’bout how to cheat –
that ain’t nothin’ i’d wanna do.”
so now why am i sittin’ with my head hangin’ low
with nothin’ left, not even pride,
wonderin’ where my sweetheart and my money did go
and how i got took for a ride?
my gal was a master of verbal predation,
a lawyer who took her reward –
she tripped up my ears with double negation
that i thought was negative concord:
“i don’t want none of your money, sweet,
i don’t care for no one but you.
i don’t know nothin’ ’bout how to cheat –
that ain’t nothin’ i’d wanna do.”
and i thought she was kinda sweet.
she had a tasty tongue in a cowgirl mouth
that said things you’d wanna repeat.
“i don’t never go for that city stuff –
i like my drinks and men smooth and hard.”
and i said, “won’t you leave me when you’ve had enough?”
and she said, handing back my credit card,
“i don’t want none of your money, sweet,
i don’t care for no one but you.
i don’t know nothin’ ’bout how to cheat –
that ain’t nothin’ i’d wanna do.”
we had a little drink and we had a little dance
and we painted lots of red on the town,
and pretty soon we had ourselves a fine romance
and i took her out shopping for a gown.
oh, i bought her a ring, and i bought her a home,
and i got her set up nice and neat.
but sometimes i’d worry she would use me and roam,
and whenever i did, she’d repeat,
“i don’t want none of your money, sweet,
i don’t care for no one but you.
i don’t know nothin’ ’bout how to cheat –
that ain’t nothin’ i’d wanna do.”
so now why am i sittin’ with my head hangin’ low
with nothin’ left, not even pride,
wonderin’ where my sweetheart and my money did go
and how i got took for a ride?
my gal was a master of verbal predation,
a lawyer who took her reward –
she tripped up my ears with double negation
that i thought was negative concord:
“i don’t want none of your money, sweet,
i don’t care for no one but you.
i don’t know nothin’ ’bout how to cheat –
that ain’t nothin’ i’d wanna do.”
urban genie
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who fucking cares?
sad cunts
scientifically this is beyond acamenics
Gramar, like algebra is useles in the written word, and only
being critical on paper is only what morons wp
iuld do
sad cunts
scientifically this is beyond acamenics
Gramar, like algebra is useles in the written word, and only
being critical on paper is only what morons wp
iuld do
calumdown
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calumdown
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post of the day :)
SilverFox2
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I wonder is it only English that makes double negatives cancel each other out?
I ask because Spanish language does not and sees the double as simply emphasis of it being negative.
I ask because Spanish language does not and sees the double as simply emphasis of it being negative.
Barcon
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Didn’t they also sing, hey, hey Hugh, Hugh, get off of McLoud?
calumdown
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French Double Negatives - Lawless French Grammar
In English, two negatives are said to make a positive: that is, they cancel one another out, and this is grammatically unacceptable. In French, however, négation double is alive and well. Two negatives sometimes make a positive, while other times they combine to make the negation stronger or...
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