is this sentence a double negative or not?
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Is this sentence written correctly, or am I using a double negative?
I did not miss the weather at all.
double-negation
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Is this sentence written correctly, or am I using a double negative?
I did not miss the weather at all.
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I don't see a double negative here. "Not" is one negative. Could you specify where you think the other negative might be? "At all" is a "negative polarity item"; it doesn't contribute a separate negative meaning to the sentence.
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I did not miss the weather at all.
double-negation
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Is this sentence written correctly, or am I using a double negative?
I did not miss the weather at all.
double-negation
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I don't see a double negative here. "Not" is one negative. Could you specify where you think the other negative might be? "At all" is a "negative polarity item"; it doesn't contribute a separate negative meaning to the sentence.
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I don't see a double negative here. "Not" is one negative. Could you specify where you think the other negative might be? "At all" is a "negative polarity item"; it doesn't contribute a separate negative meaning to the sentence.
– sumelic
3 mins ago
I don't see a double negative here. "Not" is one negative. Could you specify where you think the other negative might be? "At all" is a "negative polarity item"; it doesn't contribute a separate negative meaning to the sentence.
– sumelic
3 mins ago
I don't see a double negative here. "Not" is one negative. Could you specify where you think the other negative might be? "At all" is a "negative polarity item"; it doesn't contribute a separate negative meaning to the sentence.
– sumelic
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I don't see a double negative here. "Not" is one negative. Could you specify where you think the other negative might be? "At all" is a "negative polarity item"; it doesn't contribute a separate negative meaning to the sentence.
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