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Search phrase: negative

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The Winter's TaleWT I.ii.274Or else be impudently negativeOr else be impudently negatiue,

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aughtanything, [with negative word] nothing
negativedenying, refusing to believe

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Exclamations...odern english there are more expressing negative emotions (contempt disdain disgust im...
...t are grouped separately regrets negative attitudes alas 3h6 v i 109 ...
Negatives...said to be ‘bad grammar’ to use a double negative within a single clause in standard engli...
...arean english we often find sequences of negative words whose sole function is to intensif...
... whose sole function is to intensify the negative meaning of an utterance (this is how t...
...ve not got no money neither ) a range of negative forms is involved such as no not none...
...here and nothing as well as words with negative implication such as deny when richard ...
Responses... when the stimulus utterance contained a negative word and yea and nay were used when no...
...t both of these usages can be seen (the negative words are highlighted) i...
...ifferent play in each case there is no negative word in the stimulus utterance ...
...d lord both new and old negative usages can be seen in quick succession i...
Withal and withal...y positive (‘in addition’) occasionally negative (‘nevertheless’) the simple form is als...
Frequently Encountered Words (FEW)...8 aught (n ) anything [together with a negative word] nothing ham iv iii 60 [claudius ...

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