english grammar fix your double negatives
using double negatives in english can make you sound uneducated or unclear. i'm going to teach you how to avoid these common mistakes. though double negatives are often used by native speakers, they are slang and they are grammatically incorrect. as an english learner it is important to understand slang, but you shouldn't try to use incorrect grammar, especially in cases like this where it can make people think you mean the opposite of what you want to say! i'll show you examples of some of the most common double negatives that english learners and native speakers use. you'll learn how to correct these mistakes so that your english is clear and correct.
take the quiz: http://www.engvid.com/english-grammar-fix-your-double-negatives/
transcript
hello. welcome to this lesson. i'm going to teach you something called "double negatives". now, maybe you don't use double negatives, which is cool and good and amazing, and you don't want to use double negatives. so, i'm going to tell you first of all what double negatives are. double negatives mean you have one sentence with two words that are both negative words. for example: "i don't have nothing." so, "don't" and "nothing" are both negative words. so, this might have something to do with math, which i'm not good at. if you don't have nothing, actually you have something. i'm not too sure how that works out, but you don't want to use double negatives because two negatives make a positive.
so, we hear double negatives all the time. "i can't get no satisfaction..." can't get no...? can't... "can't get no" is a double negative. so, whoever sang this song, mick jagger, terrible grammar. what are you...? what are you teaching us, here? good old lips.
so, one thing i'm going to do is you have to be very, very, very careful about certain words in english, like this word: "ain't". i hate this word. as soon as someone says to me: "i ain't got nothing." i'm not talking to that person probably again. if you use the word "ain't", it just makes you seem very uneducated. people who say these words, they sound stupid. maybe your favourite rapper uses it a lot. are they stupid? hmm. so, it's cool if they do it, but be careful you don't because you don't want to sound stupid. so, i'm going to give you the examples. now, the ones in black are bad, don't use them. the red pen is the right pen.
so, if we look at the first example: "he ain't no teacher." he ain't no teacher, g, yo. we can't say: "ain't". "ain't" is not even a word in english. if you look in the dictionary, it's not there. it's really, really, really, really slang, and it's bad. so, "ain't", i want you to take this word out of your head, and i want you to say: "he isn't". you've learned this before, you used the verb "to be", so you're going to say: "he isn't the teacher." he ain't no teacher, yo. yeah, you ain't no teacher either. i'm the teacher, and you have to say: "he isn't a teacher."
next one: "she ain't got no class." [laughs] which is true. now, "class" means refinement or the way you were brought up. so, if you ain't got no class, your momma didn't raise you right. this means that you were basically were not educated well. we have to say: "she has no class." okay? so, the difference is that she... we can't use "ain't", we have to use "has no". when we use "teacher", we have to use an adjective. we have to use "to be". sorry. when we say "teacher", we have to use the verb "to be", but when we say "got", we have to use "has", because this is a noun. okay? if it's a job, we use "to be", and if it's a noun, we use "has". if it was "i", we would say "have". so you can check out a lesson that i've done before between "had", "have", and "has".
"i ain't been nowhere." i ain't been nowhere. hmm. well, no. you have to say: "i haven't been anywhere." so, it's kind of confusing in english when we use "any". so, i'm going to teach you in this part of the lesson when to use "any". it's easy once you get it. so, you don't want to say: "i ain't been nowhere." you... you have to say: "i haven't been anywhere."
so, "any"... once you get this, it's going to be easy for you. we use "any" only if your sentence is negative or if you are asking a question. for example: "do you have any pizza?" now, i'm not going to say: "i ain't got no pizza." i'm going to say: "i don't have any pizza." okay? you can also say: "i don't have anything." you can't say: "i don't have nothing." so, we have to change "nothing" to "anything", because "any", we have to use with our negative sentence.
"i don't know no one or nobody." they're the same. you have to say: "i don't know anyone." because we have "don't", we can... we have to use "anyone". you can say: "i do know someone", but that's a positive and we're good.
using double negatives in english can make you sound uneducated or unclear. i'm going to teach you how to avoid these common mistakes. though double negatives are often used by native speakers, they are slang and they are grammatically incorrect. as an english learner it is important to understand slang, but you shouldn't try to use incorrect grammar, especially in cases like this where it can make people think you mean the opposite of what you want to say! i'll show you examples of some of the most common double negatives that english learners and native speakers use. you'll learn how to correct these mistakes so that your english is clear and correct.take the quiz: http://www.engvid.com/english-grammar-fix-your-double-negatives/transcripthello. welcome to this lesson. i'm going to teach you something called "double negatives". now, maybe you don't use double negatives, which is cool and good and amazing, and you don't want to use double negatives. so, i'm going to tell you first of all what double negatives are. double negatives mean you have one sentence with two words that are both negative words. for example: "i don't have nothing." so, "don't" and "nothing" are both negative words. so, this might have something to do with math, which i'm not good at. if you don't have nothing, actually you have something. i'm not too sure how that works out, but you don't want to use double negatives because two negatives make a positive.so, we hear double negatives all the time. "i can't get no satisfaction..." can't get no...? can't... "can't get no" is a double negative. so, whoever sang this song, mick jagger, terrible grammar. what are you...? what are you teaching us, here? good old lips.so, one thing i'm going to do is you have to be very, very, very careful about certain words in english, like this word: "ain't". i hate this word. as soon as someone says to me: "i ain't got nothing." i'm not talking to that person probably again. if you use the word "ain't", it just makes you seem very uneducated. people who say these words, they sound stupid. maybe your favourite rapper uses it a lot. are they stupid? hmm. so, it's cool if they do it, but be careful you don't because you don't want to sound stupid. so, i'm going to give you the examples. now, the ones in black are bad, don't use them. the red pen is the right pen.so, if we look at the first example: "he ain't no teacher." he ain't no teacher, g, yo. we can't say: "ain't". "ain't" is not even a word in english. if you look in the dictionary, it's not there. it's really, really, really, really slang, and it's bad. so, "ain't", i want you to take this word out of your head, and i want you to say: "he isn't". you've learned this before, you used the verb "to be", so you're going to say: "he isn't the teacher." he ain't no teacher, yo. yeah, you ain't no teacher either. i'm the teacher, and you have to say: "he isn't a teacher."next one: "she ain't got no class." [laughs] which is true. now, "class" means refinement or the way you were brought up. so, if you ain't got no class, your momma didn't raise you right. this means that you were basically were not educated well. we have to say: "she has no class." okay? so, the difference is that she... we can't use "ain't", we have to use "has no". when we use "teacher", we have to use an adjective. we have to use "to be". sorry. when we say "teacher", we have to use the verb "to be", but when we say "got", we have to use "has", because this is a noun. okay? if it's a job, we use "to be", and if it's a noun, we use "has". if it was "i", we would say "have". so you can check out a lesson that i've done before between "had", "have", and "has"."i ain't been nowhere." i ain't been nowhere. hmm. well, no. you have to say: "i haven't been anywhere." so, it's kind of confusing in english when we use "any". so, i'm going to teach you in this part of the lesson when to use "any". it's easy once you get it. so, you don't want to say: "i ain't been nowhere." you... you have to say: "i haven't been anywhere."so, "any"... once you get this, it's going to be easy for you. we use "any" only if your sentence is negative or if you are asking a question. for example: "do you have any pizza?" now, i'm not going to say: "i ain't got no pizza." i'm going to say: "i don't have any pizza." okay? you can also say: "i don't have anything." you can't say: "i don't have nothing." so, we have to change "nothing" to "anything", because "any", we have to use with our negative sentence."i don't know no one or nobody." they're the same. you have to say: "i don't know anyone." because we have "don't", we can... we have to use "anyone". you can say: "i do know someone", but that's a positive and we're good. transportation vocabulary phrasal verbs get on get out of ride go learn grammar negative questions in english how to learn grammar any grammar learn the future progressive tense in english grammar learn to use 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english group 3 english grammar fix your double negatives don t make this common mistake use the s english grammar auxiliary verbs be do have learn english grammar superlative adjectives wish hope what s the difference english grammar must have to what s the difference between get take learn opposites part 8 100 opposite words for childrens animated educational video for kids teaching english for 7 9 year old children english conversation level 1 to 10 learning english for children english for kids 5 buccaneers vs patriots week 4 highlights nfl 2021 speaking cartoon 45 minutes kids dialogues easy conversation learn english for kids speaking story 50 minutes kids cartoon dialogues easy conversation learn english for kids live english class my house 5 and 6 year old children teacher training mark kulek esl kids vocabulary body parts of the body learn english for kids english educational video planets in our solar system exploring planets learning videos for kids kids vocabulary new fruits vegetables learn english for kids english educational video playful minds math 5 8 years old ipad 2 hd gameplay trailer fun way to learn spelling of 17 english words lessons for kids learning english for children english for kids 8 learn english speaking gogo s 10 11 12 teaching english for 10 12 year old children colors children s song learn english colors sight words for kids patty shukla learning english for children english for kids 7 learn english speaking gogo s 7 8 9 how old are you more kids cartoon story step a learn english collection of easy conversation learn english with kids practice english conversation slang words with kids how to teach kids from a prague kindergarten part 1 english for children learn human body part internal kids educational video teaching english to children in a fun way english language games tutitu language learning english to spanish inglés a español short stories for kids english story collection 10 short stories for children lasha talakhadze smashes all three world records in men s 109kg class tokyo olympics nbc sports singular plural for kids learn english diy candle hacks to light up your life interior home decor ideas with candles smile club english school 2012 introduction video teach kid to speak english part 8 english speaking with kids video 22 kids vocabulary old action verbs action words learn english for kids educational video first words 9 spider learning 6 bug names learn english kids matt vs spider teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons how to teach your child to read english fast fluent best english phonics reading methods for kids learning songs abcs colors 123s growing up and more preschool songs from littlebabybum 19 best short english stories for kids collection infobells teaching english to kids in 5 fun steps kids vocabulary family family members tree learn english educational video for kids let s learn fractions understanding math for kids numbers counting to 10 collection vol 1 kids learn to count baby toddler songs nursery rhymes english grammar lessons for beginners and kids basic english grammar understanding counting animals song and lesson learn and teach kids preschool learn english english grammar lessons verbs and tenses learning english lessons children talking pen with books magic talking pen learn english arabic chinese korean french articles a an the english grammar lesson garbage truck abc and colors for kids binkie tv transportation vocabulary phrasal verbs get on get out of ride go learn grammar negative questions in english how to learn grammar any grammar learn the future progressive tense in english grammar learn to use reported speech in english learn continuous tenses in english the easy way turn nouns verbs into adjectives irregular verbs in english groups 1 2 irregular verbs in english group 3 english grammar fix your double negatives don t make this common mistake use the s english grammar auxiliary verbs be do have learn english grammar superlative adjectives wish hope what s the difference english grammar must have to what s the difference between get take learn opposites part 8 100 opposite words for childrens animated educational video for kids teaching english for 7 9 year old children english conversation level 1 to 10 learning english for children english for kids 5 buccaneers vs patriots week 4 highlights nfl 2021 speaking cartoon 45 minutes kids dialogues easy conversation learn english for kids speaking story 50 minutes kids cartoon dialogues easy conversation learn english for kids live english class my house 5 and 6 year old children teacher training mark kulek esl kids vocabulary body parts of the body learn english for kids english educational video planets in our solar system exploring planets learning videos for kids kids vocabulary new fruits vegetables learn english for kids english educational video playful minds math 5 8 years old ipad 2 hd gameplay trailer fun way to learn spelling of 17 english words lessons for kids learning english for children english for kids 8 learn english speaking gogo s 10 11 12 teaching english for 10 12 year old children colors children s song learn english colors sight words for kids patty shukla learning english for children english for kids 7 learn english speaking gogo s 7 8 9 how old are you more kids cartoon story step a learn english collection of easy conversation learn english with kids practice english conversation slang words with kids how to teach kids from a prague kindergarten part 1 english for children learn human body part internal kids educational video teaching english to children in a fun way english language games tutitu language learning english to spanish inglés a español short stories for kids english story collection 10 short stories for children lasha talakhadze smashes all three world records in men s 109kg class tokyo olympics nbc sports singular plural for kids learn english diy candle hacks to light up your life interior home decor ideas with candles smile club english school 2012 introduction video teach kid to speak english part 8 english speaking with kids video 22 kids vocabulary old action verbs action words learn english for kids educational video first words 9 spider learning 6 bug names learn english kids matt vs spider teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons how to teach your child to read english fast fluent best english phonics reading methods for kids learning songs abcs colors 123s growing up and more preschool songs from littlebabybum 19 best short english stories for kids collection infobells teaching english to kids in 5 fun steps kids vocabulary family family members tree learn english educational video for kids let s learn fractions understanding math for kids numbers counting to 10 collection vol 1 kids learn to count baby toddler songs nursery rhymes english grammar lessons for beginners and kids basic english grammar understanding counting animals song and lesson learn and teach kids preschool learn english english grammar lessons verbs and tenses learning english lessons children talking pen with books magic talking pen learn english arabic chinese korean french articles a an the english grammar lesson garbage truck abc and colors for kids binkie tv using double negatives in english can make you sound uneducated or unclear. i'm going to teach you how to avoid these common mistakes. though double negatives are often used by native speakers, they are slang and they are grammatically incorrect. as an english learner it is important to understand slang, but you shouldn't try to use incorrect grammar, especially in cases like this where it can make people think you mean the opposite of what you want to say! i'll show you examples of some of the most common double negatives that english learners and native speakers use. you'll learn how to correct these mistakes so that your english is clear and correct.
take the quiz: http://www.engvid.com/english-grammar-fix-your-double-negatives/
transcript
hello. welcome to this lesson. i'm going to teach you something called "double negatives". now, maybe you don't use double negatives, which is cool and good and amazing, and you don't want to use double negatives. so, i'm going to tell you first of all what double negatives are. double negatives mean you have one sentence with two words that are both negative words. for example: "i don't have nothing." so, "don't" and "nothing" are both negative words. so, this might have something to do with math, which i'm not good at. if you don't have nothing, actually you have something. i'm not too sure how that works out, but you don't want to use double negatives because two negatives make a positive.
so, we hear double negatives all the time. "i can't get no satisfaction..." can't get no...? can't... "can't get no" is a double negative. so, whoever sang this song, mick jagger, terrible grammar. what are you...? what are you teaching us, here? good old lips.
so, one thing i'm going to do is you have to be very, very, very careful about certain words in english, like this word: "ain't". i hate this word. as soon as someone says to me: "i ain't got nothing." i'm not talking to that person probably again. if you use the word "ain't", it just makes you seem very uneducated. people who say these words, they sound stupid. maybe your favourite rapper uses it a lot. are they stupid? hmm. so, it's cool if they do it, but be careful you don't because you don't want to sound stupid. so, i'm going to give you the examples. now, the ones in black are bad, don't use them. the red pen is the right pen.
so, if we look at the first example: "he ain't no teacher." he ain't no teacher, g, yo. we can't say: "ain't". "ain't" is not even a word in english. if you look in the dictionary, it's not there. it's really, really, really, really slang, and it's bad. so, "ain't", i want you to take this word out of your head, and i want you to say: "he isn't". you've learned this before, you used the verb "to be", so you're going to say: "he isn't the teacher." he ain't no teacher, yo. yeah, you ain't no teacher either. i'm the teacher, and you have to say: "he isn't a teacher."
next one: "she ain't got no class." [laughs] which is true. now, "class" means refinement or the way you were brought up. so, if you ain't got no class, your momma didn't raise you right. this means that you were basically were not educated well. we have to say: "she has no class." okay? so, the difference is that she... we can't use "ain't", we have to use "has no". when we use "teacher", we have to use an adjective. we have to use "to be". sorry. when we say "teacher", we have to use the verb "to be", but when we say "got", we have to use "has", because this is a noun. okay? if it's a job, we use "to be", and if it's a noun, we use "has". if it was "i", we would say "have". so you can check out a lesson that i've done before between "had", "have", and "has".
"i ain't been nowhere." i ain't been nowhere. hmm. well, no. you have to say: "i haven't been anywhere." so, it's kind of confusing in english when we use "any". so, i'm going to teach you in this part of the lesson when to use "any". it's easy once you get it. so, you don't want to say: "i ain't been nowhere." you... you have to say: "i haven't been anywhere."
so, "any"... once you get this, it's going to be easy for you. we use "any" only if your sentence is negative or if you are asking a question. for example: "do you have any pizza?" now, i'm not going to say: "i ain't got no pizza." i'm going to say: "i don't have any pizza." okay? you can also say: "i don't have anything." you can't say: "i don't have nothing." so, we have to change "nothing" to "anything", because "any", we have to use with our negative sentence.
"i don't know no one or nobody." they're the same. you have to say: "i don't know anyone." because we have "don't", we can... we have to use "anyone". you can say: "i do know someone", but that's a positive and we're good.