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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Is this sentence correct and why?


I don't want to see him again, not for the 1000th time!
  

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Hi, I don't want to see him again, not for the 1000th time! It's OK if the speaker means that he has seen the person far too many times already. However, it sounds a bit odd.

— Clive

  • Hi, I don't want to see him again, not for the 1000th time!
  • It's OK if the speaker means that he has seen the person far too many times already.
  • However, it sounds a bit odd.
  • I wonder if you mean I don't want to see him again, for the 1000th time!
  • This means I've told you many times that I don't want to see him, and I'm getting tired of telling you.
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Hi,

I don't want to see him again, not for the 1000th time!
It's OK if the speaker means that he has seen the person far too many times already.

However, it sounds a bit odd.

I wonder if you mean I don't want to see him again, for the 1000th time! This means I've told you many times that I don't want to see him, and I'm getting tired of telling you.

Clive
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I was referring to Usain Bolt. I have seen the 100 metres like a thousand of times.
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Hi,
OK then.
But he's an elegant runner to watch many times.
Clive
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Thanks

some people say it is a double negative though. Do you have any idea why?
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Hi,
Probably because there are two 'not's in the sentence, but I wouldn't consider it a double negative.

Thiink of it as two clauses.
I don't want to see him again, and I don't want to see him for the 1000th. time

Clive
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