Comparison in negative forms

Question

I know about comparison in positive forms:

But is it possible to do the above in negative forms?

There are excessive negatives in 3 and 4. English usually avoids excessive negatives because they become incomprehensible, e.g. “It would not be wrong to fail to not deny that it were not false that I don't like movies as much as you don't like them.” — Greybeard, May 19 '20 at 11:15
Shortly, no, it isn't. Might you get more support somewhere like SE English Language Learners? — Robbie Goodwin, May 19 '20 at 19:58

Kate Bunting · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-19 08:04:12Z

(1) is fine, but (2) needs to be in this form:

I don't like movies as much as I do TV shows.

or I like movies, but not as much as I do TV shows.

You can say I don't like movies as much as you [do],

but if you want to make both parties' opinions negative, you have to use dislike *(or a synonym of it).

(3) I dislike movies as much as you do.

(4) I dislike movies, but not as much as I do TV shows.

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