grrrrrrrammar

[darph]

Double negation in English - put an emphasis on the negation oder does it delete the negation?


"Don't smoke no grass"
or
"We don't need no education"

[nggalai]

Officially, double negation simply is grammatically "wrong". Hence, it depends on the speaker/recipient relation what was originally intended.

In my experience, it's mostly used in non-formal discussions to further and stress one's point.

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[Marcel]

Besides the wall, I don't remember no occurance of a double negation, but my feel for language (dict.leo.org says: "sprachgefühl" is an english word, too! :o ) tells me the same as Sascha did to you - I'd always assume that it is used to stress the negation. But as he's better in english than me, you should trust him, not me. =)

[Gast]

It doesn't delete the negation at all, but, as nggalai said, it's complete nonsense with regard to its grammatical structure.

As I experienced it, it's mostly used as some "slang expression" to stress one's coolness. Think of it as a part of the "gangster language".

And, in no way, try using it in written language.

[nggalai]

Original geschrieben von Gast
As I experienced it, it's mostly used as some "slang expression" to stress one's coolness. Think of it as a part of the "gangster language".

And, in no way, try using it in written language. LOL ;D

Well said indeed. Write this stuff down and you'll die ... in 7 days. ;)

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