This document discusses double negatives and provides examples of sentences with good and bad grammar related to double negatives. It notes that using two negative words in a sentence creates a double negative, which is considered bad grammar. The examples demonstrate rewriting sentences with double negatives to remove one negative and improve clarity and grammar. Contractions are also covered briefly.

1. Contraction Action and Double Negatives

2. Double Negatives Only one negative word in a sentence. When a sentence uses two negative words it is called a double negative. no isn’t not don’t can’t but just barely hardly except only neither rarely nothing nowhere Double

3. Bad grammar: They seldom ever visit us. Good grammar: They seldom visit us. Bad grammar: They didn't hardly have enough food left. Good grammar: They hardly have enough food left. Double Negatives Double

4. Bad grammar: She isn't but a homeless little girl. Good grammar: She is but a homeless little girl. Bad grammar: He can't hardly wait for his present to arrive. Good grammar: He can hardly wait for his present to arrive. Double Negatives Double MORE

5. You Don’t Need No Double Negatives You aren't barely old enough to live on your own. Why can't you hardly wait for your parents to pick you up? She was so disappointed because she couldn't go neither. I have so much to do that I haven't ever got time to rest.

6. Contraction Action I am = I’m you are = you’re it is = it’s he is = he’s

7. Contraction Action she is = she’s is not = isn’t let us = let’s did not = didn’t

8. Contraction Action we will = we’ll could not = couldn’t will not = won’t you will = you’ll