Double+Negative

//__Double Negative __//


 * Definition:: **a positive statement expressed by using two negative elements


 * Origin:: ** Double negatives are common in other languages such as Polish and Spanish and did not become unacceptable in the English language until after the 16th century.


 * See also:: **affirmative

Definition taken from oxforddictionaries.com


 * Examples ** from text:

1) " Victorian Architecture" by Kimber Kenobi "Its' not that I didn't agree with them; I wasn't concerned."

2) "Little Red-Cap" by The Brothers Grimm //Household Tales// "Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by every one who looked at her, but most of all by her grandmother, and there was nothing that she would not have given to the child." AT 