| 单词 | double negative |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdouble negative double negative n. Grammar a syntactic construction containing two negative elements, esp. where only one is now expected in Standard English; either of the negative elements in such a construction. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > other grammatical categories or concepts > [noun] > use of negative > negative word or form > construction with two double negative1820 1775 R. Lowth Short Introd. Eng. Gram. (new ed.) 162 Two Negatives in English destroy one another, or are equivalent to an Affirmative.] 1820 P. H. Pullen Mother's Bk. ii. 155 One of the double negatives used by our ancestors is now generally superseded by the adjective any... Ex. I never gave him no cause of displeasure; that is, any cause of displeasure. 1917 O. Jespersen Negation in Eng. & Other Langs. vii. 63 It should be noted that the double negative always modifies the idea, for the result of the whole expression is somewhat different from the simple idea expressed positively. 1926 H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage 374/2 You may treat a double negative expression as though it were formally as well as virtually a positive one:—It would not be difficult to quarrel with Mr Rowley's views about art, but not with Charles Rowley himself (It would be easy). 1980 C. Timmons & F. Gibney Britannica Bk. Eng. Usage ii. 220 At one time the double negative was acceptable in English... However, today in Standard English the use of two negative terms in one sentence brands the writer as uneducated. < as lemmas |
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