Examples of 'double negative' in a sentence

Meaning of "double negative"

double negative ~ a linguistic construction involving two negating words or elements in a sentence, which can create ambiguity or emphasis
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  • A phrase including two negative words (no, not, never, etc.) especially when used as intensifiers in informal English.

How to use "double negative" in a sentence

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This double negative makes it difficult to follow.
The correct response must be a double negative.
The double negative screws the sentence up.
You have just used a double negative.
It is not a double negative but a superlative positive.
I always try to avoid using double negative.
The double negative has led to proof positive.
Sorry for the double negative.
Double negative makes it more sensitive.
It generates a double negative economic impact.
In the greek language this is called a double negative.
It uses a double negative just to stress the point.
You have just used the double negative.
Double negative and dog.
I do not like the double negative.

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A double negative means positive.
That is the beauty of the double negative used.
In fact the double negative has led to proof positive.
I do not like that double negative.
The double negative makes the sentence hard to understand.
We are getting into a weird double negative thing here.
Double negative right there.
You lost me on the double negative.
By means of a double negative the liar is forced to tell the truth.
And yes to your double negative.
See double negative.
This sentence contains a double negative.
Like a double negative.
I did not do nothing is a double negative.
It was a double negative but.
Double negative ions.
Again with the double negative.
The double negative with the subjunctive mood is a very emphatic negation.
A double positive and a double negative both result in a positive.
Practice writing negative sentences and avoiding the double negative.
Embrace the double negative.
It is a double negative that takes a bad situation and makes it much worse.
And using a double negative.
Olive read about sentence structure and the use of the double negative.
I like the double negative.
The double negative selection should provide a nearly absolute selection for true targeted events.
Both a double positive and a double negative make a positive.
The Greek double negative makes the prohibition most emphatic.
I know that was a double negative.
Here avoiding the double negative charge in one orbital leads to a triplet carbene.
I am confused by your double negative.
Nice double negative.
The present invention further relates to novel methods that create double negative selection vectors.
That is double negative.
Positive feedback occurs when a gene activates itself directly or indirectly via a double negative feedback loop.

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