Weiwei
applies in modern standard German, the occurrence of two negatives in a sentence rather than strengthen the negation. The two negatives cancel each other: I never
no complaints.
=
I still have any complaints.
not = I have never had any complaints.
the keys I can never find anywhere else.
=
I can find the key somewhere.
not = I can never find the key somewhere.
No one has not accepted the invitation.
=
All have accepted the invitation.
= not Nobody accepted the invitation.
He did not warn you
for nothing.
= He has for you something (better: for good reason) warned.
is often a relative with the double negation related before combination. It consists of the negation word not a word with a negative meaning. Such combinations have the importance of a cautious affirmation: I do not
reluctantly.
= I do quite like.
He does not look bad.
= He looks pretty good.
you followed the call is not without interest. =
the conversation followed with some interest.
A special kind of double negation are combinations of one said no law and one with not denied, that before, before, or initiated by the subordinate clause. The clause is a condition rather than a set of clauses::
I pay nothing until I get a detailed statement.
= I pay when I receive a detailed statement.
See Time clauses, Negates with conditional meaning: before, before to.
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