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Revision as of 21:44, November 11, 2008
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In fact, French uses ''ne'' plus the verb plus ''pas'' for a negative. Is that a [[double negative]] or what? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup>
In fact, French uses ''ne'' plus the verb plus ''pas'' for a negative. Is that a [[double negative]] or what? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup>
:depends on what you mean. Generally, in English, the term "double negative" is for a sentance where a speaker says, "I didn't not do it", or "she did not want nothing". But there is a grammatical term for a language that uses a negation phrase (the "ne pas" from french, if you will) that is also called a double negative. Afrikaans has this grammatical sense of necessary phrase negation around a verb. But French does not allow or accept the common "double negation" that I was thinking of. Thanks. --[[User:JeanJacques|JeanJacques]] 18:04, 10 November 2008 (EST)
:depends on what you mean. Generally, in English, the term "double negative" is for a sentance where a speaker says, "I didn't not do it", or "she did not want nothing". But there is a grammatical term for a language that uses a negation phrase (the "ne pas" from french, if you will) that is also called a double negative. Afrikaans has this grammatical sense of necessary phrase negation around a verb. But French does not allow or accept the common "double negation" that I was thinking of. Thanks. --[[User:JeanJacques|JeanJacques]] 18:04, 10 November 2008 (EST)
== How to revert ==
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