| 1. | :It's not a double negative-the two negatives refer to completely different things.
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| 2. | :: : Shakespeare too used the double negative on a few occasions.
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| 3. | Negation was originally formed by a double negative in all Romansh dialects.
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| 4. | Up to the 18th century, double negatives were used to emphasise negation.
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| 5. | In 2009, his home and studio were destroyed in the Double Negative.
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| 6. | The use of double negatives became associated with being uneducated and illogical.
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| 7. | The strategy was short-sighted, begetting what could be a classic double negative.
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| 8. | "Never use double negatives, " my teacher ordered back in the fifth grade.
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| 9. | Because of this ambiguity, double negatives are frequently employed when making back-handed compliments.
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| 10. | Does not less of worse produce a happy double negative for America's travelers?
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