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Meaning of double negative

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

double negative

noun

Definitions

  1. A phrase in which there are two negative words or their compounds (e.g. no, not, never, none, etc), occasionally leading to ambiguity in the meaning, but necessary in some foreign languages.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/double%20negative

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