Friday, July 2, 2010

Positive Statements & Negative Statements

Positive statements don't have to have a positive meaning. It is possible to have a sentence that is positive grammatically with a negative connotation.

Example:
* I know you you will fail your test.
* We forgot to do our homework.

Negative states are statements that contain the word(s) not, don't, can't etc. Negative statements can be grammatically negative with a positive connotation.

Example:
* I know you didn't fail your test.
* We did not forget to do our homework

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