1. What are Double Negatives?

2. 2 negative words in the same sentence

3. Examples of negative words No barely Not hardly None scarcely Nothing neither Never nowhere No one

4. I am not going to pay no bills. Actually means: If you don’t have any bills, how can you pay them! She can’t make friends with nobody. Actually means: How can you make friends with a nobody. They don’t exist!

5. Correct Way I am not going to pay any bills. She can’t make friends with anybody. Can only have one negative in the sentence.

6. Negative+Negative=Repeating. Remember, trying to convey a negative meaning. Negative with a positive = negative!

7. negative negative I don’t need no education. negative positive I don’t need any education. Keep the first negative. Change the second to a positive. Hint: Anytime you see no second, change to any!!

8. Try this one George doesn’t listen to no one.

9. Correct George doesn’t listen to anyone.

10. Try this one They’ll never make no money when they go into business.

11. Correct They’ll never make any money when they go into business.

12. Try this one That attitude won’t get you nowhere.

13. Try this one That attitude won’t get you nowhere.

14. Correct That attitude won’t get you anywhere.

15. Try this one Make sure you don’t get into no trouble.

16. Correct Make sure you don’t get into any trouble.

17. Try this one It isn’t no big deal that I’ve lost my job.

18. Correct It isn’t a big deal that I’ve lost my job.