{"id":2000,"date":"2022-03-01T17:43:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T17:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engoo.com\/blog\/?p=2000"},"modified":"2022-08-23T08:24:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T08:24:01","slug":"are-double-negatives-wrong-in-english-grammar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engoo.com\/blog\/language-tips\/are-double-negatives-wrong-in-english-grammar\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Double Negatives Wrong in English Grammar?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/engoo.com\/blog\/language-tips\/are-double-negatives-wrong-in-english-grammar\/#Whats_the_double_negative\" >What&#8217;s the double negative?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/engoo.com\/blog\/language-tips\/are-double-negatives-wrong-in-english-grammar\/#The_case_against_double_negation\" >The case against double negation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/engoo.com\/blog\/language-tips\/are-double-negatives-wrong-in-english-grammar\/#The_case_for_double_negation\" >The case for double negation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/engoo.com\/blog\/language-tips\/are-double-negatives-wrong-in-english-grammar\/#What_we_think\" >What we think<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>In today's blog post, we\u2019ll explain a <a href=\"https:\/\/engoo.com\/app\/words\/word\/controversial\/zga0ELstQmCjlQAAAABCIA\">controversial<\/a> topic of <span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">English grammar<\/span>: the \"double negative\" or \"double negation.\" Here's what we'll cover:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"#What's-the-Double-Negative?\">What is the double negative?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#The-Case-Against-Double-Negation\">The case against the double negative<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#The-Case-for-Double-Negation\">The case for the double negative<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#What-Do-We-Think?\">What we think<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_the_double_negative\"><\/span>What&#8217;s the double negative?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In English, people usually <a href=\"https:\/\/engoo.com\/app\/lessons\/grammar-grammar-i-do-not-cook\/M7lW_kkiEee-qBNKekuW8g?category_id=6r1fXsYHEeimuzOlcF_9gA&amp;course_id=1llXaMYPEeiWI9-YoYwf4A\">negate a statement<\/a> with one negative word. This is called \"single negation.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I did <strong>not<\/strong> steal anything. <\/li><li>I stole <strong>nothing<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Double negation is when two negative words are used to make a negative statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-b7c10643-6846-4dad-9d8f-43f2e02179cb\"><li>I did <strong>not<\/strong> steal <strong>nothing<\/strong>. <em>[= I did not steal anything.]<\/em><\/li><li>He does <strong>not<\/strong> know <strong>nobody<\/strong> here. <em>[= He does not know anybody here.]<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A classic example is the Rolling Stones song \"I Can't Get No Satisfaction,\" which means \"I can't get any <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/engoo.com\/app\/words\/word\/satisfaction\/zga0ELstQmCjlQAAAABfiw\" target=\"_blank\">satisfaction<\/a>.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-responsive\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Rolling Stones - (I Can&#039;t Get No) Satisfaction (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nrIPxlFzDi0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So does English actually have two ways to make a negative statement: single and double negation? Or is one correct and the other incorrect? This depends on who you ask!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"The-Case-Against-Double-Negation\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_case_against_double_negation\"><\/span>The case against double negation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Most English textbooks, teachers, and educated <span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">native speakers<\/span> will say that you can only make a negative statement with single negation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In their opinion, double negation doesn't make sense. It's like in math: When you multiply two negative numbers, you get a positive number, not another negative one. So people who use double negation are actually making positive statements!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\"I <strong>didn't<\/strong> steal <strong>nothing<\/strong>\" actually means \"I stole something.\"<\/li><li>\"He <strong>doesn't<\/strong> know <strong>nobody<\/strong>\" means \"He knows somebody.\"<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"The-Case-for-Double-Negation\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_case_for_double_negation\"><\/span>The case for double negation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>However, if you read more into this topic, you'll find some support for the double negative. Supporters say that the double negative does make sense. For example, no native English speaker would hear \"I didn't steal nothing\" and think it meant \"I did steal something.\" So the double negative makes sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Supporters will also point out that double negation has a long history in <span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">English grammar<\/span>. Many cases of it have been found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/ct-xpm-2006-11-08-0611070296-story.html\">in Old English<\/a> and famous writers in the past used double and even triple negatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Nowher<\/strong> so bisy a man as he ther <strong>nas<\/strong>,<br><em>[= Nowhere so busy a man as he there never was,]<\/em><\/p><cite>- Chaucer in <em>The Canterbury Tales<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I <strong>never<\/strong> was, <strong>nor<\/strong> <strong>never<\/strong> will be.<\/p><cite>- Shakespeare in <em>Richard III<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>According to supporters, the reason the double negative became incorrect grammar is because of <span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">English grammar<\/span> guides from the 18th century. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/english-today\/article\/abs\/huge-presence-of-lindley-murray\/F3F63DE5FE72E02B41676A008302CDBB\" target=\"_blank\">Lindley Murray's <em><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">English Grammar<\/span><\/em><\/a> was especially influential. It went through many editions in the US, UK, and around the world, and was respected by famous writers such as Edgar Allen Poe and Charles Dickens. Here's what it said about the double negative:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Two negatives, in English, destroy one another<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Supporters believe that it was because of grammar guides like this that double negation became seen as bad grammar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"What-Do-We-Think?\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_we_think\"><\/span>What we think<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Both supporters and critics of the double negative have a point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We agree with supporters when they say that there's nothing wrong with the double negative itself. English has many <a href=\"https:\/\/engoo.com\/app\/words\/word\/dialect\/zga0ELstQmCjlQAAAACECw\">dialects<\/a>, and each dialect is different grammatically. So in some dialects double negation is actually considered correct.<\/li><li>However, critics are right in that the double negative is no longer correct in more widely-spoken dialects of English, like the kinds you learn in English class. That's why you won't see it in news reports, legal documents, or academic papers, and why many pop stars who sing with double negation will use single negation in interviews.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Another thing people don't seem to know is that the double negative was already uncommon by the 16th century due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ling.upenn.edu\/courses\/Fall_2007\/cogs501\/Kallel2007.pdf\">natural changes in the language<\/a> that started centuries before grammar guides came out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So our advice to English learners is to stick to standard single negation, but keep in mind that some English speakers still use the double negative today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more help with <span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">English grammar<\/span>, check out our free <a href=\"https:\/\/engoo.com\/app\/materials\/grammar\/6r1fXsYHEeimuzOlcF_9gA\">Grammar lessons<\/a> and book a lesson with one of our <a href=\"http:\/\/engoo.com\/tutors\">professional English tutors<\/a>. Our tutors are available 24\/7 and prepared to help you with all things English-related! 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