Can't say NOTHING about/ Leading up TO

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Could you please take a look at these for me?

1 I might live in a small apartment but at least I have one. You can't say nothing about my apartment cause at least I have one.
2 You can't say nothing, I won fair and square.

3 I buy one present a day from december 1st leading up to christmas.
4 You'd think that he thinks everyone is at his disposal.

thank you

Yankee · Accepted Answer

alc241 I might live in a small apartment but at least I have one. You can't say nothing about my apartment because at least I have one. This is not appropriate in standard or formal English. The use of the double negative may well cause some people to view you as uneducated, even in informal conversation.
2 You can't say nothing, I won fair and square. (See #1)

3 I buy one present a day from December 1st ~~leading up~~ to/through Christmas.
4 You'd think that he thinks everyone is at his disposal. The first problem is the repetition of the word "think". The next problem is the way you've used "You'd think". When you begin a sentence that way, I would expect what follows to present something that is contrary to fact. I'd expect something that refers to what should be true, but isn't. For example:
- You'd think that he'd have realized by now that the world is not at his disposal.
(This presents an idea that is contrary to fact, and also contrary to what you'd normally expect. The fact is that he has not realized something yet.)

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