| 单词 | double negative |
| 例句 | I apologize for the double negative, but it’s a real double negative of a situation, a bind from which negating the negation is truly the only escape. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z My advice on double negatives: Never say never. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m about to double negative your head in a minute!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until the eighteenth century that the double negative was declared a sin against the King’s English, on the ground that one negative canceled the other. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why are you talking like that? What’s with the double negatives?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Your use of a double negative actually works here,” she continues. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Petey said, “Some of us know not to use a double negative.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “No. Or yes. I don’t know. Whichever one means I don’t mind. I’m too tired to think through a double negative.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z "From the top, then, the zenith, the silent footage" we witness a "fifty-year slide / into Sunday League", but the missing dash found in a football score also makes the title a strange double negative. Selected Poems by Don Paterson ? review 2012-05-18T21:45:03Z “People have a funny way of speaking, almost like using bad English, double negatives like, ‘I can’t find my keys nowhere.’ Ed Ruscha: He Up and Went Home 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Rhythm and double negatives propel “There’s No Way,” a song about that moment when a first touch feels like a historic milestone. The Playlist: Lady Gaga Dives Into a Fresh Era, and 15 More New Songs 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z It’s got an odd double negative, but weak syntax is no impediment here. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: I won’t humor you anymore 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z It is sign of the queen’s discomfort with emotional self-disclosure that she used a kind of double negative, and then a Latin phrase, in summarizing her state of mind. A Low Point for the Monarchy, in a New Season of ‘The Crown’ 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Yet, coupled with "Nil Nil", 's title poem brings us full circle, as another double negative surfaces between release and restraint: "and none of this, none of this matters". Selected Poems by Don Paterson ? review 2012-05-18T21:45:03Z Andrew Dice Clay is not a double negative; the guy can act. Does Society Need Andrew Dice Clay? 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z “He experimented with solarization, deliberate overexposure, and heightened contrast of the image or double negatives, especially in photographs of modern Prague architecture and completely abstract graphic photo work.” A Belated Retrospective for a Bauhaus Artist 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z I’m talking in double negatives, but that’s all part of the movie. Drugs, death and documentary ethics: "Amazing Johnathan" director Ben Berman on his meta-movie 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Ever the skeptic, this time E allows himself to be as positive as a double negative. Playlistjon Pareles: A Symphony on a Chip Packed in a Jewel Box, And Visions of Love 2010-08-29T02:30:00Z The scholar Eleanor Prosser thus detects "considerable evidence" for the elimination of metrical and stylistic "irregularities" in the Folio: short lines are lengthened to 10 syllables, verbs agreed with subjects, double negatives resolved. Who edited Shakespeare? 2013-07-12T13:00:01Z Like his later “Aristocrats” recital, it is a brilliant double negative: Gottfried follows one ghastly subject with something even more distasteful. Only Gilbert Gottfried Could Be So Dirty and So Heartbreaking 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z He’s a writer, Mr. Berman says, who “would never stoop to using a strong adjective like “repulsive,” or any adjective at all, unless it were presented as a double negative.” Books of The Times: Paul Berman?s ?Flight of the Intellectuals? 2010-05-02T21:52:00Z Some common features include the absence of third-person singular and possessive pronouns and the use of double negatives. Writing Guide 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z A double negative for me, to be a woman and to be Black. Noelle Quinn knows the history, and the honor, to be a Black female head coach taking over the Storm 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z "The sentence should have been: 'I don't see any reason why I wouldn't' or 'why it wouldn't be Russia'. Sort of a double negative," he explained to reporters when he arrived back in the US. US election 2020: What has Trump said about your country? 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z But only Mr Castle got a double negative and was allowed to leave, while the other two tested positive and were facing another week in isolation, before the law changed. Covid: Pembrokeshire man in Italian facility happy to be home 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Robert Mueller, pulling long faces on Capitol Hill and delivering indecipherable double negatives perhaps meant to denote grave constitutional concerns? Donald Trump's cosplay fascism, neoliberal capitalism and the pandemic: How did we get here? 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z “Well, he doesn’t not agree,” Trump said, using a double negative to underscore the apparent distance between the public-health consensus and a president who sees the economy as directly tied to his reelection chances. Trump versus the scientists: The president’s tug-of-war with experts over coronavirus policy 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Warren, using a double negative, repeated a pledge that she won’t sign a bill into law that “does not reduce the cost of health care for middle class families.” After weeks of criticism, Warren says she will release a plan to pay for Medicare-for-all 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z At which point, the Special Counsel’s starship finds itself sucked into a space that is dominated by the absence of matter – or in grammatical terms, an entire universe of double negatives. Of course Trump colluded with Russia. But unfortunately that's not a crime | Richard Wolffe 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z Instead of seeing “relatable” as something that connects us, we may one day imagine it as a double negative: Relatability measures how strange something isn’t, the lack of mystery itself. Why Do We Obsess Over What’s ‘Relatable’? 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Yet the double negative was fooling no one. Christian Pulisic realises his dream by moving to the Premier League 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z For his part, Trump said – after seeing the criticism – that he had used “a double negative”, and that he did believe his own agencies’ verdict on Russia. Donald Trump's worst weeks of 2018 – the definitive list 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z It is a political season for double negatives: Almost no one is running for president now, but many, many people are not not running. For Democrats considering the White House, a lot of ‘thinking about it’ 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z In their new book examining the 2016 election, “Identity Crisis,” they noted that those “double negative” voters were disproportionately Republicans. In a highly partisan era, those who dislike both sides could have the deciding votes - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z “I said the word ‘would’ instead of ‘wouldn’t’…sort of a double negative,” Trump explained in July. Trump, Putin to meet in Paris next month, Bolton says 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z And I think that's I love a good double negative because we use them all the time and learn in speech but sometimes we sit down and we write. Kaveh Akbar Reads Ellen Bryant Voigt 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z She needs the lesson in double negatives that I had in eighth grade. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Excitement for the Glenstone Museum and pique over falsely branded bubbles 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z The president held a press conference after the summit to clarify that he meant to use a double negative to affirm his belief in Russian meddling. Trump: I’m ‘very concerned’ about ongoing Russian meddling 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z President Trump couldn’t handle statecraft or, for that matter, double negatives, but he came out of the meeting undefeated and invincible. Opinion | Why people like Trump 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z The president’s pathetic suggestion on Tuesday that he misspoke by failing to use a double negative also reminds that, knave or fool, he’s a congenital liar. Mike Pompeo and John Bolton should have the decency to resign 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z On Tuesday at the White House, Mr. Trump said he misspoke in Finland and meant to use a double negative. Republican base overwhelmingly supports Donald Trump’s comments at Helsinki summit: Poll 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z “I said the word ‘would’ instead of ‘wouldn’t,’ ” he said, adding that it was “sort of a double negative.” Opinion | Trump’s worst moment since Charlottesville 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Matt imagined if other historic moments were derailed by a double negative: Analysis | The Daily 202: Trump and Obama foreign trips show the contours of the new ‘culture’ wars 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Trump later sought to walk back his stance, saying he misspoke using a double negative. After Helsinki, Dems struggle over Trump, the term ‘treason’ 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Because, after a bipartisan outcry, Trump claimed that he “misspoke” and meant to say: “I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t be. Sort of a double negative.” Look for the positives: how Trump's double negative excuse could have an upside 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Sort of a double negative,” Trump told reporters. Trump says he accepts U.S. intelligence on Russian interference in 2016 election but denies collusion 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z The president says he meant to utter "a sort of double negative" - a phrase that's raised a few eyebrows. In a hurry? Here's what you need to know this morning 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump said his remarks were a misunderstanding that arose when he stumbled over a “double negative.” Dan Coats, the Intelligence Chief, Finds His Voice. Will It Anger Trump? 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z The misunderstanding, he said, grew out of an unsuccessful attempt to use a double negative when he answered a question about whether he believed Mr. Putin or his intelligence agencies. Trump Now Says He Accepts U.S. Intelligence Reports on Russian Election Meddling 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z No, I can get sense out of it, in the sense that there is no sense to be got out of it because that’s not how a double negative works. Look for the positives: how Trump's double negative excuse could have an upside 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z The president explained that he had intended to say he did not see any reason why it "wouldn't" be Russia – a double negative. "A shameless lie": Holes poked in Donald Trump's assertion that he misspoke when praising Putin 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z In mathematics, as I vaguely recall, a double negative makes a positive. Opinion | Trump’s believe it or not 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z “I ain’t come here for no foolishness,” he says toward the beginning of the set, his double negative signalling playfulness and threat in equal measure. The Case for Black English 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z “The sentence should have been, ‘I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t be Russia,’ sort of a double negative,” Mr. Trump said. Trump Now Says He Accepts U.S. Intelligence Reports on Russian Election Meddling 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z The heavily parsed legal language is filled with double negatives and strung together by commas into one jawbreaker sentence that often leaves you puzzled. Georgia editorial roundup 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z In Nebraska, the state’s death penalty wording is already leading to confusion because it’s essentially written as a double negative. The Future of the Death Penalty Will Be Decided in These 3 States 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Photograph: BBC/Mike Hogan D double negatives Committed pedants rule that a pair of negatives must be interpreted as equalling a positive. From alright to zap: an A-Z of horrible words 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z The algorithm marked the tweet for review by human eyes because it contained what researchers call a double negative, or two negative words in one tweet, an automatic red flag indicating possible accuracy challenges. Yeah right! Sarcasm poses problem for computer algorithms in U.S. election 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z So using it with “neither” creates a double negative. The Stranger in the Story 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Apparently, when a man runs away from civilization, he leaves behind any former aversion to double negatives. A Review of ‘Annapurna’ in Hartford 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z In addition, the phosphate group carried a double negative electrical charge, further restricting its ability to move across the intestine's electrically neutral membrane. We Now Have the Cure for Hepatitis C, but Can We Afford It? 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z The title is a bit of a double negative, so it’s confusing. Net Loss: Is the Internet Killing Solitude and Downtime? 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z Couple that with the Mariners’ ineffectiveness at finding stopgap talent in free agency, and you have an awful double negative — needing to justify a plan and having no other good options. Mariners risk repeating sketchy history in promoting Roenis Elias too early 2014-03-27T23:45:25Z At first this approach was riddled with pitfalls - how do you code for double negatives or homonyms? Social media analytics: are we nearly there yet? 2013-06-10T12:57:39Z Pushed by the U.S. and beastly British media to flesh out that statement and comment specifically on the prospect of arming the opposition, he retreated into a thicket of double negatives and evasions. John Kerry Sails into a New Falklands Conflict in London 2013-02-25T18:35:26Z There can be double negatives, which are especially confusing when someone is trying to buy something fast. Plagued by nuisance phone calls 2013-02-16T07:02:16Z Mary smiled at the double negative and when she laughingly spoke of it that night her husband assured her that that doctor's singleness of purpose more than offset his doubleness of negative. The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z Verb agreement, use of the double negative and when to use “I” or “me” in a sentence all made that list. SchoolBook: Mothers Create a Grammar Guide for the Text Generation 2011-11-23T19:15:26Z Exercise 95 Remember that the double negative is wrong; as, Wrong: I haven't no paper. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z I know it does not always follow that the exact reverse fulfils the purpose of the double negative; a fault may be "not uncommon" and yet not exactly common. The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z Those girls all dropped the "g"s at the end of their participles; they habitually used double negatives, and, quite defiantly of dictionaries, used Virginian locutions not sanctioned by authority. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z Double Negative.—Occasionally a double negative is used to give strong force to a negation. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z Until then no side had stopped José Mourinho doing what he does best, which is stopping the opposition, if you can unravel the double negative. Champions League English patients all have hope if remedies are found 2010-12-09T18:00:00Z Six weeks of training wear away the foul speech, double negatives and incorrect tenses. Silicon Valley's Prison Call Center 2010-06-10T19:00:00Z The beginner often gets himself tied up in a knot with negatives; and even if he steer clear of actual error, he is apt to overdo himself with double negatives. The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z "Not 'arf" and "'Strewf" ever came haltingly to his tongue, and to the last he struggled painfully with the double negative. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 9, 1920 Some Esperantists do not consider this a double negative, but it undoubtedly is, according to the literal English translation. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z The double negative in line 23 might well be eliminated. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 Observe the double negatives in these two lines. Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer Not ... but to express a negative is a double negative and therefore should not be used, e. g., Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses The double negative, allowed in Greek and Anglo-Saxon, but not admissible in English, is pleonastic. A Handbook of the English Language Of course, when two negatives refer to different verbs, expressed or unexpressed, this is not a double negative. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z "Haven't got none," declared the boy with a scowl as positive as his double negative. The Mission of Janice Day Here the positive charge on the two sodium ions equals the double negative charge on the SO4 ion. An Elementary Study of Chemistry Sometimes she used a word in its wrong sense; she had one or two charming little phrases of her own: "What a purpose to?" instead of: "Why?" and sometimes a double negative. The Dark Forest The only evidence I ever discovered of his classical education was his habit of using the Greek double negative in ordinary English speech. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 With choice of soft vocabulary, of attenuated forms, of double negatives, he tempered exquisitely his Latin. The Age of the Reformation Every professional photographer who develops for amateurs handles many films in which some of the negatives are blank and some are double negatives with two pictures on one film. Outdoor Sports and Games Notice, again, how the greatness of the surrender is made more emphatic by the contemplation of it in its double negative and positive aspect, in the two successive clauses. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) This to us has the effect of a double negative. MacMillan's Reading Books Book V The Cree has not, I believe, the double negative nor the adverbial and plaintive forms of verbs, as I have termed them. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Lesson 93.—Give and illustrate the Cautions respecting the choice and the position of adverbs, the use of double negatives, and the use of adverbs for adjectives and of adjectives for adverbs. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition The double negative, therefore, should be carefully avoided, for it is insidious and is liable to slip in and the writer remain unconscious of its presence until the eye of the critic detects it. How to Speak and Write Correctly I don't want no more of her false words,' muttered Tom, returning, in his emotion, to his peasant's emphatic double negative. Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 2 Something similar may be remarked of the use of the double negative by way of affirmation. Life of John Sterling You use the double negative—” “What’s the double negative?” he demanded; then added humbly, “You see, I don’t even understand your explanations.” Martin Eden A double negative jarred him like a discord, and often, from lack of practice, it was from his own lips that the jar came. Martin Eden “A double negative is—let me see—well, you say, ‘never helped nobody.’ Martin Eden |
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