October 06, 2007
Double Negatives In Grammar

Have you ever heard of a double negative in grammar? My mother used to get on to me if I spoke a double negative in a sentence. (I think one of my mother's secret passions has to do with a love for the English Language and I inherited a love for words from her. My grandmother loved words too!)

Here's a site that discusses it called LEO: Literacy Education Online

Here's an example of wrong usage. See if you can fix it:

The pilot could not find nowhere to land.

Posted by Linda at October 06, 2007 03:07 PM

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