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This is a common way of speaking in American English. For example "Hey earlier today you fell down, how's your elbow feeling?" "Not too bad, it's annoying but
by mgraczyk 4y ago
This is a common way of speaking in American English. For example
"Hey earlier today you fell down, how's your elbow feeling?"
"Not too bad, it's annoying but it's fine"
- comprev 4y agoDouble negatives are very much a British English thing and are commonly used in every day language.
- richrichardsson 4y agoI think you would have avoided all the downvotes with, "Double negatives are very much an English language thing and are commonly used in every day language", since American and British English both involve double negatives in colloquial usage.
- comprev 4y agoI only know a handful of Americans and we often talk about the differences in our language. Even had an Australian join the conversation once too and it was a very interesting discussion. The use of double negatives stood out as something more commonly used in British English however I accept it was a very small sample size!