alleryStart learning →Which is the standard negative of 'I go'?
- I do not go
- I go not
- I am not go
- I not go
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Correct answer: A. I do not go
Modern English adds the auxiliary do and places not after it, giving 'I do not go'.
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Which sentence avoids a double negative?
- I didn't see nothing
- I never saw nobody
- I saw nothing at all
- I didn't see no one
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Correct answer: C. I saw nothing at all
With a negating word like nothing the negator not is omitted, or anything is used after not.
A clause typically contains a subject and which other part?
- Conjunction
- Preposition
- Determiner
- Predicate
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Correct answer: D. Predicate
The subject is a noun phrase and the predicate is the verb with its objects and complements.
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