英语进修 语法精讲-英语里的双重否定句式2（国外英文资料）.docVIP

英语学习 语法精讲-英语里的双重否定句式2（国外英文资料） Ⅱ? He will not lend his newly bought car to nobody. Whoever borrows his new car, he wont borrow it. Ⅲ? We never thought of nothing. (Thackray) We never thought there would be a mistake. (2) words that are negative, such as wonder/dont know/can ttell + negate object clauses Ⅰ? I worked and worked, and I didnt know how much I had not done. I work day after day and I dont know how much work I have done. Ⅱ? I couldnot tell what wasnot my amazement at the sight of the magnificent Mount Huang? I couldnt say anything more surprising than when I saw the magnificent yellow mountain. In addition to these two cases, the emphasis of double negation in the following sentences is often seen: Ⅰ? In the old society, our family had no food, no clothes, no nothing? In the old society we had no food, no food, nothing. Ⅱ? He is a mere nobody. He is only a small man. No one knows him. A euphemism double negative English double negation expression efficacy not only divided into absolute antithesis, namely between affirmation and emphasizes negation, there is the expression of a transitional function, this is the euphemism of double negation. In this sentence, the first negative word is usually a general negative or an absolute negative, followed by a semi-negative or quasi-negative word, such as hardly, barely, scarcely. Obvious negative word semantics is very definitely absolutely, go to extremes, and it is a negative word, can to weaken the negative word semantic can be translated as little... Make the sentence more subtle. Ⅰ? I cant hardly read your hand writing? I can hardly recognize your handwriting. Ⅱ? I could not hardly believe my ears. I can hardly believe my ears. Ⅲ? Nobody has ever visited the newly formed area? Hardly a single person has come to visit the new development zone. Ⅳ? They left withou a word? (Sweet) They left without saying a word. But in the modern English language, hardly, hardly, scarcely, the semi-negative word can be used with