In Verbs^x, Negations^x, Negatives^x

Why do you have "(aux)" after "verb"? Subject + correct form of "do" + negation + adverb + main verb, not "verb (aux)" (But still: I haven't any idea is correct grammar. It doesn't require the "I don't have" form.)

This is not a double negation. A double negation is two negatives in the same clause!!! Did I not just tell you is one clause. The not applies to the verb tell . to not say that is another clause. The not applies to the verb say . (By the way, I would have rephrased it as Didn't I just...

Hi, Avangi! I'm not sure what you mean by "solution". You mean a paraphrase of the originals that uses "not to", I suppose. I find both examples to be "borderline grammatical" as is. They seem syntactically sound, but semantically anomalous. To my ear, the verb...

There are several adverbs and determiners which are negative in meaning but not in form. They include: seldom, rarely; scarcely, hardly, barely; little, few (in contrast to the positive a little and a few ) They can effect clause negation: for example sentences in which they appear generally...

Hi, I am afraid I didn't understand exactly what you wanted. Hopefully someone else will be able to understand and help you a little more. Anyway, I just wanted to give you a few opinions: I have bought a book for a year. <-- No, this is not good, as you said. You could say: I have...

Note the definition: Operators are the modals ( can, could, will, would , etc.) and forms of be -- and also forms of do or have used as auxiliaries. The negative adverb not can only be carried by an operator, i.e., can only be used when accompanied by an operator. To negate a sentence...

Thank you so much... yeah, I think I read that thread, but I see you don't like "often" at the beginning, and "sometimes" at the end. You wrote a lot in yur post, and I know that stuff, it's not difficultm because that's the "common" position of adverbs, isn't it? It is simple to remember what's...

Hi, this has been asked more than once I guess, but I decided to put it neatly this way: Consider: usually, often, rarely, sometimes. Where is it possible to place them in a sentence? I wrote my choices in blue. I do it. <--- this is an affirmative sentence. At the beginning : often (with...

Not far from there stood Edgar Snow the famous American author. Maple, This is "locative inversion"; it is not motivated by negation. Complete negation of the main clause triggers obligatory "fronted negative inversion". (According to the meaning of this sentence there is no...

Kooyeen wrote: is there any difference between... This is not obviously true. This is obviously not true. That can't obviously be true. That obviously can't be true. I think there is a difference, and obviously can be placed either after or before a negation, but with different...