double negative
dou
ˈdʌ
da
ble
bəl
bēl
ne
nɛ
ne
ga
gə
gē
tive
ˌtÉĒv
tiv
/dˈʌbəl nˈɛɡətˌÉĒv/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "double negative"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĄāĻŦāϞ āύ⧇āϗ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ­, āύ⧇āϗ⧇āϟāĻŋāĻ­ āĻĄāĻŦāϞ

a grammatical construction in which two negative elements are used within the same sentence, often resulting in a positive meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The phrase " I do n't know nothing about it " uses a double negative, which actually means " I know something about it. "
āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝ "āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋ āύāĻž" āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϗ⧁āĻŖ āύ⧇āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϝāĻž āφāϏāϞ⧇ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ "āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋ"āĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ