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Negatives

A Negative is a word that means NO. In English a common negative is NOT. Ex. Chandra does not like pretzels, but Angie loves them. Not can appear in contractions as n’t. Ex. I can’t understand why this rain won’t stop! Neither of us can cook, so I guess that there will be nothing for dinner. Other common negatives in English are nobody, nowhere, nothing, never, and neither. DAY 1

Review - Negatives

Double Negatives occur when two negatives within a clause cancel each other. Nobody will not clean your room for you. Removing the word NOT makes the sentence correct. Nobody will clean your room for you. Sentences containing multiple clauses can have more than one negative, so long as they do not cancel each other. I don’t want pizza, so I won’t have any. I wouldn’t ask him about it because he won’t tell you. DAY 2

Mechanics and Usage: Correcting Double Negatives

You can fix a double negative by changing one of the negatives to a positive. I could not find my book nowhere. – wrong I could not find my book anywhere – correct Some negatives and their positive equivalents are never/ever and no/any. The words hardly, scarcely, and barely are also negatives. We couldn’t hardly see. – wrong We could hardly see. – correct If no precedes a noun, you often can change it to a or an. I don’t have no pen. – wrong I don’t have a pen. – correct DAY 3

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DAY 4 Theirs nothing nobody can do to help. We has scarcely no time left four lunch. My blue new blowse isn’t nowhere to be found. Mrs Evans wouldn’t like no pillow. DAY 4