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DS Posted 11 years ago
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Double Negative？Confused
ANYone can help me with this sentence “there are very few people who would not like to do it”? It means the majority of us will do it or nobody does it?
What is the native English speaker way of understanding this?
What is the native English speaker way of understanding this?
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Yes, if you flip the negatives, it becomes: Many people would like to do it. (few + not like = many + like)
- Yes, if you flip the negatives, it becomes: Many people would like to do it.
- (few + not like = many + like)
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Yes, if you flip the negatives, it becomes:
Many people would like to do it. (few + not like = many + like)
Many people would like to do it. (few + not like = many + like)
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DSthere are very few people who would not like to do it~ Almost everybody would like to do it.
CJ
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