2.3 sentences classified according_to_meaning negative
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- Negative Sentence A negative sentence is a sentence that negates a statement. It is a negative transfor-mation of a basic or decla-rative sentence.
Transcript of 2.3 sentences classified according_to_meaning negative
- Negative Sentence
A negative sentence is a sentence that negates a statement.
It is a negative transfor-mation of a basic or decla-rative sentence.
• Negative sentences can be: Negative sentences can be:
Complete negative: When the verb is made negative
a) By using not when there is an auxiliary verb.
- She is not a teacher
- They haven’t arrived - You can’t come in. b) By using the auxiliary do and not when there
is no auxiliary expressed.
- She doesn’t come to class often enough- We didn’t understand the sentence.
Partial negative: When the verb is not the one that carries the negative element.
a) by using a negative adjective (no, little, few) - I have no time to spare. - She has little money. - She understands few terms in the contract b) by using a negative adverb (no, rarely, seldom,
never, nowhere, barely, hardly, scarcely) - She rarely speaks in class. - They never worry about it. - They barely understood the speaker. c) by using a negative pronoun (none, nobody, no
one, nothing) - No one came to the party without a present - Nothing was said there. - I saw nobody wandering in the garden.
Sentences may have a partial negative or a complete negative. Never both at the same time.
Do not write sentences with double negatives: I can’t wait any longer I can wait no longer Jack isn`t a friend of mine Jack is no friend of mine. Why doesn’t somebody help me? Why does nobody help me?
