Saturday, January 28, 2017

grammaticality - Are double negatives like 'he's never not been in the family' grammatically correct?



I'm asking this question because I was taught not to use double negatives, because they are ungrammatical and that people who use them sound uneducated. However, today here on this site I found an answer with a double negative and asked my self is it correct to use double negatives? Well my doubts arose since this answer has eight positive votes. Even though I understand the meaning of it, I still wonder if it is correct or not. Below is the answer I'm talking about as well is the link to it.



Answer:



"It might add the subtle extra nuance of meaning that since you were born he's never not been in the family."



Link: https://english.stackexchange.com/a/158385


P.S. Not trying to put this site and the people from it in doubt, just clarifying and making sure to learn well this beautiful language.




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