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What does this mean?
100
Matt can't have no friends over this weekend.
Matt can't have any friends over this weekend. OR Matt can't have friends over this weekend.
100
Do not use __________(number) negatives in the same sentence.
Two or more
100
I don't think we should (never/ever) eat at this restaurant again.
ever
100
I couldn't name none of the singers we heard.
incorrect
100
Do not not step on the line.
Step on the line.
200
The doctor doesn't never give bad health advice.
The doctor doesn't ever give bad health advice. OR The doctor doesn't give bad health advice.
200
You can fix a sentence with two negatives by _____________ one of the negatives.
removing
200
I think that we will (never/ever) make that kind of money again.
never
200
We do not know anything about oceans yet, but in the future we might.
correct
200
He is not an untalented artist.
He is a talented artist.
300
I hadn't noticed nobody in the room.
I hadn't noticed anybody in the room. OR I had noticed nobody in the room.
300
You can correct a sentence with two negatives by changing one negative to a ____________ word.
Positive
300
I'm afraid I don't have (any/no) money with me.
any
300
Years ago, there wasn't no one who wanted to search for dinosaurs.
Incorrect
300
It wasn't uninteresting.
It was interesting.
400
This pen doesn't have no ink left in it.
This pen doesn't have ink left in it. OR This pen doesn't have any ink left in it.
400
The positive form of the word 'nobody' is ___________.
anybody
400
As long as I have known you, I haven't (ever/never) seen you play baseball.
ever
400
My cat won't eat nothing I give her.
Incorrect
400
Do not not do your homework tonight.
Do your homework tonight.
500
Maybe you never thought nothing about it.
Maybe you never thought about it. OR Maybe you never thought anything about it.
500
The negative form of the word 'ever' is _______________.
never
500
That vacation wasn't (nothing/anything) too exciting.
anything
500
There isn't no better way to thank her for what she did.
incorrect
500
Nobody doesn't not like double negatives.
Nobody likes double negatives.
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