• Album@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        In english a double negative is a positive, and is syntactically incorrect.

        • Makanar56@sh.itjust.works
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          1 year ago

          What if someone says “no no” or “no dont”. That conveys a negative response despite being two negatives. Granted these aren’t proper English or full sentences, but it’s something you might say

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            1 year ago

            “No, don’t [do that]” is not a double negative, it’s just two independent negatives in a row, they don’t affect each other. A double negative would be like “don’t not do that” which will mean “do not fail to do that” to most people.