avoidblneg

Avoiding Double Negatives

Directions:

C correct I incorrect

2. Correct the incorrect items on the lines provided.

Example:

I There isn’t no muscle in the body stronger than the tongue.

There isn’t any muscle I the body stronger than the tongue.

__ 1. No insects have lungs.

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__ 2. Scarcely no train stations are larger than Grand Central Station in New York City.

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__ 3. I don’t have nothing in my purse, so I don’t care if it’s stolen.

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__ 4. Plate armor could not be penetrated easily because its smooth surfaces deflected blows.

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__ 5. Jerry never visited no place he liked better than home, so he finally started staying home most of the time.

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__ 6. I don’t think I should be expected to see a dog in a constellation made up of only two stars.

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__ 7. Exercise helps dieters lose fat, not muscle.

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__ 8. We will never accept no new production standards.

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__ 9. Manx cats hardly have no tails.

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__ 10. Vultures do not make no noises except for occasional hisses.

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