Sentence examples for double negatives from inspiring English sources
noun
Plural of double negative
To decrease the overall response burden and length of the original 16-item instrument, create an equal balance between negatively and positively worded items, and exclude double negatives found to be misunderstood by girls in the prior pilot work [ 25], three positively worded and three negatively worded items were selected for inclusion in this study.
PAMELA GELLER No. ALAN FEUER And double negatives.
However, queen of all our one-word double negatives is irregardless.
Double negatives abound: expressions are "not unloving"; surprising sensations are "not unpleasant".
Fournier's piece of magic in Le Grand Meaulnes is to create a dreamland where these double negatives become a positive.
Commonsense rules for speaking are pinned up around the school, urging pupils to mind their slang and reject double negatives.
As the fifth son of parents who had dropped out of school, his speech was once rife with double negatives.
The law's passage was a contortion of negatives and double-negatives.
* The first paragraph of the Discussion is confusing (for example, using double-negatives): this section should be re-worked to clearly state what was previously shown, and then clearly state what the current study adds to the story.
Finally, these criteria would recruit a sample of double-negatives who were positive deviants since only 25% of New York City IDUs in a reasonably representative detox treatment entry sample who had been injecting for 8 – 15 years remained both HIV and HCV negative [ 13].
