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latin-lover

Italy

He doesn't know anything about you,

He doesn't know nothing about you.

have the sentences above the same meanings?

which is the right one?

03:37 AM Feb 20 2008 |

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tribby

tribby

United States

Iwona B is correct.

 

In english, we do not use double negatives, such as:

 

He doesn't know nothing about you.

 

If we were to explicitly state a double negative such as the above, it would make the sentence mean the exact opposite of what the speaker intended.

 

Joe

11:42 AM Feb 20 2008 |

latin-lover

Italy

Thanks guys,

now it's clear!

07:00 AM Feb 21 2008 |