Didn't do nothing?

That's really interesting. I got this phrase in couple of movies. Similarly, another one, from Health Inspector, Larry said:"Nobody goes nowhere". That's truely confusing to me.

So I googled "didn't do nothing", and it brought me here. I'm a freshman, say "hello" to everybody.

But aren't there instances where "I didn't do nothing", at least in some form, is grammatically correct?

For example,

Person A: You did nothing all day!
Person B: I most certainly didn't do nothing all day!

In this case "I didn't do nothing" means "I did something".

matthewg

"I didn't do nothing" is a double negative, probably with American origins. The phrase involves a contradiction of the intended meaning, and should be worded so:

"I didn't do anything" or
"I did nothing"

So (2) is the correct answer.