wish to express special acknowledgment of the contributing writers for the Understanding and Using English Grammar Workbook, Second Edition: Rachel Spack Koch, Susan Jamieson, Barbara Andrews, and Jeanie Francis. | 3. automobiles are permitted in the park on Sundays. 4. I can do it by myself. I need help. 5. The operation was successful. The patient did survive. 6. When I became ill I had choice but to cancel my trip. 7. The opera Rigoletto was composed by Mozart it was composed by Verdi. 8. I have patience with cheaters. 9. Ask me questions and I ll tell you lies. 10. You should ask people embarrassing questions about their personal lives. 11. Colour is spelled with a u in British English but there is u in the American English spelling color . 12. I excitedly reeled in my fishing line but the big fish I had expected to find did appear. Instead I pulled up an old rubber boot. Supplementary Grammar Units a 9 D-2 AVOIDING DOUBLE NEGATIVES a INCORRECT I don t have no money. b CORRECT I don t have any money. CORRECT I have no money. a is an example of a double negative . a confusing and grammatically incorrect sentence that contains two negatives ip the same clause. One clause should contain only one negative. note Negatives in two different clauses in the same sentence cause no problems for example A person who doesn t have love can t be truly happy. I don t know why he isn t here. EXERCISE 19. Error analysis double negatives. Chart D-2 Directions Correct the sentences all of which contain double negatives. 1. I don t need no help. - I don t need any help. OR I need no help. 2. I didn t see nobody. 3. I can t never understand him. 4. He doesn t like neither coffee nor tea. 5. I didn t do nothing. 6. I can t hardly hear the radio. Would you please turn it up 7. The beach was deserted. We couldn t see nothing but sand. 8. Methods of horse training haven t barely changed at all in the last eight centuries. D-3 BEGINNING A SENTENCE WITH A NEGATIVE WORD a Never will I do that again When a negative word begins a sentence the subject and b Rarely have I eaten better food. verb are inverted . question word order is used . c Hardly ever does he come to class on time. Beginning a .
