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Origin and correctness of “ain’t no”?
In contemporary American English usage, I come across sentences like:
I ain’t got no money.
Ain’t no man like him.
Saying ain’t no sounds incorrect to me because it is a double ...
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Double negation “does not any”
I understand that any has negative connotations, as can be seen in the above link, but I need to say that there are no pages in a book. I've come up with the following sentence:
That book does not ...
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Double 'not' in questions - how is it correct?
Suppose the following sentence:
"Aren't the headers not covered by copyright?"
Is this sentence correct?
