Tagged: negatives

How To Make Negatives In English

We make negative forms by putting not after an auxiliary verb. I do not smoke. He did not come. They are not expected to come. They have not been invited. She has not come. I cannot go. Basic rules 1. Do is used if there is no other auxiliary verb. After do, we...

Negative Questions

Negative questions are of two kinds: contracted and uncontracted. They have different word order. Contracted negative question Word order: auxiliary verb + n’t + subject Why don’t you listen to me? Don’t you understand? Hasn’t she any friends to...

Double Negatives

In some languages, a negative word like nothing, nobody or never has to be used with a negative verb. In English, these words are themselves enough to give a negative meaning. It is not necessary to use not with these...