Double Negatives - A BIG "NO-NO"

Double Negatives -

A BIG "NO-NO"

Never use a double negative

in one sentence!

Wrong: We didn't do nothing last weekend.

Right: We didn't do ANYTHING last weekend.

Wrong: I don't want nothing.

Right: I don't want ANYTHING.

Rule: Two negatives in one sentence cancel each other out and transform the meaning into a positive, so that the sentence, "We didn't do nothing last weekend," really means, "We DID something last weekend."

The best way to correct a double negative is to replace the second negative word with, "any."