Pyrin@kbin.melroy.org to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 days agoWhy do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"?message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up111arrow-down1message-squareWhy do people say things like "I didn't do nothing"?Pyrin@kbin.melroy.org to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareschnurrito@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-26 days agoThere are languages (e.g. Spanish) where a double negative is still understood as a negative. Standard varieties of English aren’t among them, but some dialects are. The same is also true in German.
minus-squareDanitos@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoEven in Spanish, some double negatives are underestood as negatives, like “I didn’t do anything” (yo no hice nada)
There are languages (e.g. Spanish) where a double negative is still understood as a negative.
Standard varieties of English aren’t among them, but some dialects are.
The same is also true in German.
Even in Spanish, some double negatives are underestood as negatives, like “I didn’t do anything” (yo no hice nada)