1. Negatives

2. Rules to the Negatives A negative is a word that means “no.”
Example  Nobody saw me.
DO NOT use two negatives in the same sentence. This is known as double negative
Correct a sentence with two negatives by changing one negative to a positive word or by dropping one negative.
Example: We don’t help no one.  We don’t help anyone; We help no one.

3. More Notes
You can correct a double negative by substituting a positive word for a negative word.

4. Positive and Negative Words
Negative Positive
No, nothing am, anything
Never ever
No one, nobody anyone, anybody
Nowhere anywhere