Double Negatives In Writing Are Not Always A Mistake – by Derek Haines…

on Just Publishing Advice:

Yes, double negatives are usually a big mistake in writing.

You probably remember your English teacher telling you how wrong they were in school.

But surprisingly, there are certain situations when you can use them for emphasis, politeness, or lack of certainty. Another instance is for you to create parallelism in a sentence.

Let’s look at when and when not to use double negatives in your writing.

Continue reading HERE

Advertisement

2 thoughts on “Double Negatives In Writing Are Not Always A Mistake – by Derek Haines…

DON'T BE SHY - LEAVE A REPLY

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.