ChrisL
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- Jul 24, 2014
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Here, I will help you all. I said "I DO NOT think that sounds UNREASONABLE at all." Except I said "don't." Did that throw you all off or somethin?![]()
we obviously misread your post. maybe the double negative.![]()
That is not a double negative, buddy. A double negative is something like "I didn't do nothing." My sentence is perfectly structured and grammatically correct, I can assure you. It is actually the opposite of "I do not think that sounds reasonable." Sorry if you are confused by English.
there is nothing grammatically wrong with double negatives. You said "I do NOT think that is Unreasonable" that's a double negative and grammatically perfectly OK.
All I meant is that people sometimes get confused by double negatives.
Well,not to nit pick, but a double negative is something that actually turns the meaning of the sentence into a positive, so it is grammatically incorrect, such as "I didn't do nothing."
Don't argue with me. Proper grammar is part of what I do for a living.![]()
then you will probably be out of a job pretty soon. "didn't do nothing" is bad grammar.
" I did not participate in non payment of my debts" is a double negative that is grammatically correct.
My sentence was not a double negative because it didn't change the meaning of the sentence into a positive, which is the definition of a double negative. IOW, NOT NOWHERE. The meaning is changed into being somewhere.