In Dialects^x, Negatives^x, American English^x

Hi, I don't give nothing to nobody - Double, triple, etc. negatives are a feature of some dialects. That's pretty common, but I'm not sure if it is the standard form in those dialects or if it is just a possible structure. In other words, I'm not sure if in those dialects "I don't give anything...

%He isn't ill, isn't he? The above sentence is quoted from The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, Cambridge University Press 2002. The symbol % indicates the status of the following example: He hadn't many friends. According to the second edition of Practical English Usage,...

I can't agree more with you, Casi. Purists may call this speech pattern non-standard English, but all said and done, it is English. All varieties of English, any language for that matter, including this one, have their own set of established standards and are governed by their linguistic and...