SKILL 8: LISTEN FOR DOUBLE NEGATIVE EXPRESSIONS

SKILL 8: LISTEN FOR DOUBLE NEGATIVE EXPRESSIONS



DOUBLE NEGATIVES

Situation
negative word (e.g. not, no, none) and a negative prefix (e.g. in, un, dis).
Example
He didn´t like the unclean office.
Meaning
did not like unclean office= liked clean office.

Situation
two negative verbs
Example
It isn´t snowing, so they aren´t going to the mountains.
Meaning
implies that they would go if it were snowing.

Situation
neither or not....either
Example
Sue didn´t like the movie, and neither did Mark.
Meaning
both did not like the movie

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