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Negation is the process that turns an affirmative statement (e.g. "I am American") into its opposite denial (e.g. "I am not American").
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In what varieties of English can "does not qualify" mean "disqualifies"? [closed]
As a native speaker of American English, I'm pretty sure that this is not how negation works in standard American English. … But I'm aware that in other languages (and 'lects) negation can work in different ways. And there's at least one verb in standard English that can negate like this: "not accept" can mean "reject". …
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