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Olive bee Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Words in a song
Could you give a formal interpretation of one of the song's line:
"Ain't no mountain high enough..." (subconsciously I understand it in this way: "There are no mountains high enough..." Is it so? If it is so, why is it possible to put double negation ???
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" = There is no mountain high enough olive bee double negation It's OK in this song. Songs don't always use the same grammar as you find in more formal contexts. CJ
- " = There is no mountain high enough olive bee double negation It's OK in this song.
- Songs don't always use the same grammar as you find in more formal contexts.
- CJ
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olive bee"Ain't no mountain high enough..."
= There is no mountain high enough
olive beedouble negation
It's OK in this song. Songs don't always use the same grammar as you find in more formal contexts.
CJ
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