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    4. why is this sentence wrong? "Nobody is going nowhere until the work is done."
    why is this sentence wrong? "Nobody is going nowhere until the work is done."

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    0  Views: 885 Answers: 3 Posted: 12 years ago
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      Anywhere instead of " nowhere".

      12 years ago. Rating: 5
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        No one is going anywhere until the work is complete. 

        12 years ago. Rating: 4
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          todonada

          why? Anywhere vs nowhere. I felt that much, but I need to know why.





          commented 12 years ago
          Dollybird

          Colleen, sorry. My links are not opening,but that is the fault of internet,its where I get them from.
          commented 12 years ago

          Nobody is going nowhere until the work is done.
          Think about what you want to say differently. ...."Everybody stays here til the work is done", for example.  
          What "nobody is going nowhere" actually means is "everybody, or at least SOMEBODY,  is going somewhere".
          When you "double negative" (nobody and nowhere) you mean the opposite.
          It's like saying, "I don't have no pencil."   Well, if you don't have "no pencil", that must mean you DO have A pencil.  

          12 years ago. Rating: 2
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            dowsa

            Not me Iam off to "BED" Nite Nite.
            commented 12 years ago


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