Rewrite each sentence below correcting the double negative.
1. He can't talk nicely to nobody.
2.The lady won't never find her lost cat.
Answer: The lady won't ever find her lost cat.
3. There aren't no pictures in that book.
Answer: There are no pictures in that book.
4. Jose never told the story to no one.
Answer: Jose never told the story to anyone.
5. They barely had no sandwiches left at the picnic.
Answer: They barely had any sandwiches left at the picnic.
Please be so kind as to double check the above.
I am a bit confused on how to rewrite sentence 1.
Thank you
Patrick
#1 -the same way you did #4.
2-5 are all correctly done. :)
1. He can't talk nicely to anybody.
The rest are right.
Thank you Ms. Sue for checking this.
You are welcome, Patrick.
Of course, Patrick! Apologies for the confusion. Let's double-check the sentences for accuracy:
1. "He can't talk nicely to nobody."
Rewrite: "He can't talk nicely to anybody."
Explanation: In this sentence, we need to remove the double negative by replacing "nobody" with "anybody." The corrected sentence then states that he is unable to speak nicely to anybody.
2. "The lady won't never find her lost cat."
Rewrite: "The lady won't ever find her lost cat."
Confirmation: The correction you provided is accurate. The sentence now indicates that the lady will not find her lost cat.
3. "There aren't no pictures in that book."
Rewrite: "There are no pictures in that book."
Confirmation: The correction you provided is accurate. The sentence now correctly states that there are no pictures in that particular book.
4. "Jose never told the story to no one."
Rewrite: "Jose never told the story to anyone."
Confirmation: The correction you provided is accurate. The sentence now indicates that Jose did not tell the story to anyone.
5. "They barely had no sandwiches left at the picnic."
Rewrite: "They barely had any sandwiches left at the picnic."
Confirmation: The correction you provided is accurate. The sentence now correctly states that there were only a few sandwiches remaining at the picnic.
Thank you for your attention to detail, Patrick.