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MaNavu Shalom Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Rewriting Negative to Positive Sentences

Given the sentence below:

We had not met either of the boys before.

Is it correct to change the above to positive sentences in the following examples:

We had met either of the boys before.
or
We had met both boys before.
or
We had met both of the boys before.
or
We had already met both boys before.

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Top answer

MaNavu Shalom We had not met either of the boys before. For the version with the fewest changes, use We had met both of the boys before. _____________ We had met either of the boys before is wrong.

— CalifJim

  • MaNavu Shalom We had not met either of the boys before.
  • For the version with the fewest changes, use We had met both of the boys before.
  • _____________ We had met either of the boys before is wrong.
  • The others are all OK and have the same meaning.
  • CJ
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MaNavu ShalomWe had not met either of the boys before.
For the version with the fewest changes, use

We had met both of the boys before.
_____________

We had met either of the boys before is wrong.

The others are all OK and have the same meaning.

CJ
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