a sentence in which two negative words such as ‘not’, ‘don’t’, or ‘no one’ are used when only one would be correct, for example in the sentence ‘I don’t want no dinner.’
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double negative
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double negative
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double negatives
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a sentence in which two negative words such as “not,” “don’t,” or “no one” are used when only one would be correct, for example in the sentence “I don’t want no dinner.”