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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Sentence correction

Hi..All...

Is this sentence grammaticaly right or wrong? "I 'm not looking for no relationship "

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Anonymous "I 'm not looking for no relationship " We don't use the double negative this way in English. I'm not looking for a/any relationship. "I'm looking for no relationship" is grammatical, and means the same thing, but sounds terrible!

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  • Anonymous "I 'm not looking for no relationship " We don't use the double negative this way in English.
  • I'm not looking for a/any relationship.
  • "I'm looking for no relationship" is grammatical, and means the same thing, but sounds terrible!
  • Your original example would be fine in a dialogue intended to represent "uneducated" English.
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Anonymous "I 'm not looking for no relationship "
We don't use the double negative this way in English.

I'm not looking for a/any relationship.

"I'm looking for no relationship" is grammatical, and means the same thing, but sounds terrible!

Your original example would be fine in a dialogue intended to represent "uneduca
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Thank you very much..
Roshan
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