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Bhikkhu1991 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Big/not big enough
0 Sentence A. I don't think that these trousers are 01 u 00 big enough 02 u 00 for me. 02 br
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00 Sentence B. I don't think that these trousers are 01 u 00 not big enough 02 u 00 for me. 02 br
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00 Hello, 02 br
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00 1.Could you confirm the two sentences are correct? 02 br
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00 2.I was told that Sentence B is ungrammatical because we should not use a double negative in a sentence,that is,"I don't think...not big ...". 02 br
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00 Further,it does not sound natural,that is," I don't think that these trousers aren't big enough for me". 02 br
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00 Could you tell me if they are true? 02 br
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00 Thank you. 02 br
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00 With best wishes. 0-
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00 Sentence B. I don't think that these trousers are 01 u 00 not big enough 02 u 00 for me. 02 br
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00 Hello, 02 br
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00 1.Could you confirm the two sentences are correct? 02 br
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00 2.I was told that Sentence B is ungrammatical because we should not use a double negative in a sentence,that is,"I don't think...not big ...". 02 br
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00 Further,it does not sound natural,that is," I don't think that these trousers aren't big enough for me". 02 br
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00 Could you tell me if they are true? 02 br
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00 Thank you. 02 br
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00 With best wishes. 0-
Top answer
02 br 00 #2 is indeed incorrect. 0-
- 02 br 00 #2 is indeed incorrect.
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00 #2 is indeed incorrect. It is not impossible-- double negatives do occur in some circumstances-- but the premise is very unlikely, and the meaning is wrong if the idea is that the trousers are too small. 0-
00 #2 is indeed incorrect. It is not impossible-- double negatives do occur in some circumstances-- but the premise is very unlikely, and the meaning is wrong if the idea is that the trousers are too small. 0-
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