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Is this sentence written correctly, or am I using a double negative?
I did not miss the weather at all.
double-negation
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Is this sentence written correctly, or am I using a double negative?
I did not miss the weather at all.
double-negation
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I don't see a double negative here. "Not" is one negative. Could you specify where you think the other negative might be? "At all" is a "negative polarity item"; it doesn't contribute a separate negative meaning to the sentence.
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I was thinking that because of the "at all" and "did not"
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Is this sentence written correctly, or am I using a double negative?
I did not miss the weather at all.
double-negation
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Is this sentence written correctly, or am I using a double negative?
I did not miss the weather at all.
double-negation
double-negation
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I don't see a double negative here. "Not" is one negative. Could you specify where you think the other negative might be? "At all" is a "negative polarity item"; it doesn't contribute a separate negative meaning to the sentence.
– sumelic
1 hour ago
I was thinking that because of the "at all" and "did not"
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I don't see a double negative here. "Not" is one negative. Could you specify where you think the other negative might be? "At all" is a "negative polarity item"; it doesn't contribute a separate negative meaning to the sentence.
– sumelic
1 hour ago
I was thinking that because of the "at all" and "did not"
– user338707
1 hour ago
I don't see a double negative here. "Not" is one negative. Could you specify where you think the other negative might be? "At all" is a "negative polarity item"; it doesn't contribute a separate negative meaning to the sentence.
– sumelic
1 hour ago
I don't see a double negative here. "Not" is one negative. Could you specify where you think the other negative might be? "At all" is a "negative polarity item"; it doesn't contribute a separate negative meaning to the sentence.
– sumelic
1 hour ago
I was thinking that because of the "at all" and "did not"
– user338707
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I was thinking that because of the "at all" and "did not"
– user338707
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We use at all at the end of a clause to give emphasis in negative statements, conditional clauses, and questions. But at all doesn't make the clause negative. It's only used for emphasis:
Robin never really liked him at all. ("never" makes the sentence negative)
There were no roads at all. ("no" makes the sentence negative)
As you have noticed, there is only one negative element in the sentences, which means there is no double negation.
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We use at all at the end of a clause to give emphasis in negative statements, conditional clauses, and questions. But at all doesn't make the clause negative. It's only used for emphasis:
Robin never really liked him at all. ("never" makes the sentence negative)
There were no roads at all. ("no" makes the sentence negative)
As you have noticed, there is only one negative element in the sentences, which means there is no double negation.
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We use at all at the end of a clause to give emphasis in negative statements, conditional clauses, and questions. But at all doesn't make the clause negative. It's only used for emphasis:
Robin never really liked him at all. ("never" makes the sentence negative)
There were no roads at all. ("no" makes the sentence negative)
As you have noticed, there is only one negative element in the sentences, which means there is no double negation.
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We use at all at the end of a clause to give emphasis in negative statements, conditional clauses, and questions. But at all doesn't make the clause negative. It's only used for emphasis:
Robin never really liked him at all. ("never" makes the sentence negative)
There were no roads at all. ("no" makes the sentence negative)
As you have noticed, there is only one negative element in the sentences, which means there is no double negation.
answered 1 hour ago
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We use at all at the end of a clause to give emphasis in negative statements, conditional clauses, and questions. But at all doesn't make the clause negative. It's only used for emphasis:
Robin never really liked him at all. ("never" makes the sentence negative)
There were no roads at all. ("no" makes the sentence negative)
As you have noticed, there is only one negative element in the sentences, which means there is no double negation.
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I don't see a double negative here. "Not" is one negative. Could you specify where you think the other negative might be? "At all" is a "negative polarity item"; it doesn't contribute a separate negative meaning to the sentence.
– sumelic
1 hour ago
I was thinking that because of the "at all" and "did not"
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1 hour ago