double negative in English

noun
1
a negative statement containing two negative elements (for example didn't say nothing ).
In some English dialects, after all, a double negative reinforces a negative, it doesn't negate it.

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "double negative" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "double negative", or refer to the context using the word "double negative" in the English Dictionary.

1. Sort of a double negative.

2. “Busywork has a double negative impact,” she says

3. Indexable double-negative cutting insert having protruding side abutment surfaces and cutting tool

4. 28 The phrase 'a not unfamiliar situation' is an example of a double negative.

5. Usage Note: The idiomatic phrase Cannot but has sometimes been criticized as a double negative, perhaps because it has been confused with can but.

6. No Wise (In), Anywise (In) :1: a double negative, strongly expressing a negation, is translated in no wise in Mat 5:18, 20, RV (AV, in no case); Mat 10:42;

7. Double Negative also advanced the Death Eaters' smoke effects, with the introduction of the 'flayed man' stage in between their smokey, fluid, flying state and their live-action presence upon landing.