Please take this quick survey so I can complete my paper.

[JaggedEdge]

If you take the time to do this quick survey, I will send some rep your way. This is for an advanced grammar project and of course I have waited till the last minute.

You can just put the number of the question along with your answer.

Questions.

1. What is your age?

2. What is the highest level of education you have completed? i.e. some high school, high school, some college, college, grad school, etc.

3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is?

4. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech.

5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers?

6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't know nothing.

Thank you in advance if you take the time to do this for me.

Peace.

[Purple Banana]

If you take the time to do this quick survey, I will send some rep your way. This is for an advanced grammar project and of course I have waited till the last minute.

You can just put the number of the question along with your answer.

Questions.

1. What is your age?
19

2. What is the highest level of education you have completed? i.e. some high school, high school, some college, college, grad school, etc.
Some college

3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is?
Yes, I do.

4. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech.
It irks me, but its your speech.

5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers?
No

6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't know nothing.
John DON'T know nothing. Just kidding, it has double negatives in it, so no.

Thank you in advance if you take the time to do this for me.

Peace.

[Kenn]

1 28,2 HIGH SCHOOL,3 YES,4 YES U SHOULD SAY WHAT U WANT TO,5 MAY BE NOT,6 NO jOHN DOESNT KNOW ANYTHING SOUNDS BETTER.Hope this help u out man good luck with the paper :thumbsup:

[JaggedEdge]

bump

thanks to you two who have responded.

[Joexi]

1. What is your age?
16

2. What is the highest level of education you have completed? i.e. some high school, high school, some college, college, grad school, etc.
Some High School.

3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is?
Of course.

4. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech.
It depends; i.e., if you're discussing decisions, someone could say "I can't not do anything", which I find to be acceptable. But otherwise, no.

5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers?
No, but the same rule applies here.

6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't
know nothing.
No, I don't. Although it does make sense, it's grammatically incorrect.

[xblackdogx]

If you take the time to do this quick survey, I will send some rep your way. This is for an advanced grammar project and of course I have waited till the last minute.

You can just put the number of the question along with your answer.

Questions.

1. What is your age?
19

2. What is the highest level of education you have completed? i.e. some high school, high school, some college, college, grad school, etc.
some college

3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is?
yes
4. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech.
as long as the person you're talking to understands, it is okay
5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers?
no

6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't know nothing.
this is a weird question, but i will answer: yes

Thank you in advance if you take the time to do this for me.

Peace.

[Samwhore]

1. What is your age?
15

2. What is the highest level of education you have completed? i.e. some high school, high school, some college, college, grad school, etc.
Some high school.

3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is?
Yes, but I forgot, so no.

4. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech.
No.

5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers?
No.

6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't know nothing.

No.

[Thepossumdance]

1. 18
2. high school (about to go off to college)
3. Yes
4. no
5. no
6. no

[passitplz]

1. What is your age? 15

2. What is the highest level of education you have completed? i.e. some high school, high school, some college, college, grad school, etc. some high school

3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is? yes

4. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech. no

5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers? no

6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't know nothing. no

[halo]

1. What is your age? 15

2. What is the highest level of education you have completed?
Some high school (still in high school)

3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is? yes

4. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech. not really,

5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers?
Definetly not.

6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't know nothing.
no

[birdgirl73]

1. What is your age? 45
2. What is the highest level of education you have completed? Grad school (M.A.) and professional school (J.D.) so far
3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is?
Yes. (Here it was difficult not to write "not hardly.")
4. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech.
Depends on whether or not you're attempting to use standard speech or colloquial. I personally don't use them unless I'm quoting someone or just wanting to sound like a hick.
5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers?
Not if you're wanting to get an A, generally, or not be marked down for non-standard use of English, which teachers are often grading for. But again, it might depend. Such a construction might be perfectly acceptable if it were used in dialogue on a creative writing project or part of a quote included in the paper.
6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't know nothing.
I consider it both acceptable and understandable, even if it's not considered "standard English." But I'm not a high school English teacher any more. Teachers are funny about stuff like that. I happen to like colloquial expressions and variety in speech.

[Nochowderforyou]

1. What is your age?

24

2. What is the highest level of education you have completed? i.e. some high school, high school, some college, college, grad school, etc.

High School, but currently in college in the trade industry

3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is?

Yes

4. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech.

People can talk however they want, but they should know how they talk, can reflect on how smart or competant they are. When it comes to getting a job, you want to sound mature with some kind of education, but talking with friends or socializing, then they can talk however they want. I can't tell people how to talk, but I can suggest how bad grammer in everyday life can make one appear less intelligent.

5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers?

Of course not. You're in school to learn proper english/grammer. Using double negatives is not proper grammer in the english language.

6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't know nothing.

No, I don't, it isn't a proper sentence. It should read "John doesn't know anything. Plus it's an incomplete sentence. It says he doesn't know anything, but what IS "anything"? It could be about ducks, or sex, or monkeys...it doesn't say "what" it is, so no, the sentence is wrong in more ways then one.

:)

[josh g]

1. 19
2. high school, currently in 1st year college.
3. Yes.
4. Technically, no. But it is still understandable.
5. Not at all.
6. Not at all, it should be unacceptable especially in school.

[napolitana869]

Questions.

1. What is your age?
20

2. What is the highest level of education you have completed? i.e. some high school, high school, some college, college, grad school, etc.
some college

3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is?
yes

4. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech.
no

5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers?
no

6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't know nothing.
no

[Gatekeeper777]

If you take the time to do this quick survey, I will send some rep your way. This is for an advanced grammar project and of course I have waited till the last minute.

You can just put the number of the question along with your answer.

Questions.

1. What is your age? 39

2. What is the highest level of education you have completed? i.e. some high school, high school, some college, college, grad school, etc. High School

3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is? Yes

4. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech. No

5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers? Absolutly not

6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't know nothing. NO! It doesn't make sence.

Thank you in advance if you take the time to do this for me.

Peace.


I put my answers in with the question.

[thcbongman]

If you take the time to do this quick survey, I will send some rep your way. This is for an advanced grammar project and of course I have waited till the last minute.

You can just put the number of the question along with your answer.

Questions.

1. What is your age?

2. What is the highest level of education you have completed? i.e. some high school, high school, some college, college, grad school, etc.

3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is?

4. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech.

5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers?

6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't know nothing.

Thank you in advance if you take the time to do this for me.

Peace.

1. 23

2. Some College

3. Yes

4. No

5. No

6. No, it's ignorant.

[dopefiend]

If you take the time to do this quick survey, I will send some rep your way. This is for an advanced grammar project and of course I have waited till the last minute.

You can just put the number of the question along with your answer.

Questions.

1. What is your age?

17

2. What is the highest level of education you have completed? i.e. some high school, high school, some college, college, grad school, etc.

some high school

3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is?

yes

4. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech.

no, it makes the sentence unclear

5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers?

no
6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't know nothing.

no

[Eazy]

Questions.

1. What is your age? 18

2. What is the highest level of education you have completed? i.e. some high school, high school, some college, college, grad school, etc.
gcse d, music tech btec still on it, LAMDA merit distingtion acting and prose and speach
3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is?
yer
4. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech.
no
5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers?
nope

6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't know nothing.
not acceptedable but make out able:rastasmoke:

[AlwaysBlazed]

1. What is your age?

16

2. What is the highest level of education you have completed? i.e. some high school, high school, some college, college, grad school, etc.

some high school

3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is?

yes

4. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech.

yes

5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers?

no

6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't know nothing.

depends, but no i guess

[Storm Crow]

1. What is your age?
59, 60 this July.

2. What is the highest level of education you have completed? i.e. some high school, high school, some college, college, grad school, etc.
I have an AS, but I am about one semester short of a BA in psychology.

3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is?
"I ain't got no idea what it is." LOL! Of course I know what a double negative is- I work in a school!

4. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech.
If you wish to appear ignorant and uneducated, it is acceptable.

5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers?
No, unless you are doing it deliberately (as in #3), quoting a person, or as a colloquialism.

6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't know nothing.
No, but see #5.

Good luck on your paper!- Granny:hippy:

[Maui Wowie]

1. 16, and counting.

2. Currently at high school

3. @_@ not quite sorry.

4. Googled it and to an extent it has it's passive aggressiveness in moving a conversation forward, but can be viewed as positive.

5. No, just no, unless you want out the respect of the college fast.

6. John knows more than you could possibly in you're life, don't judge John.

[UMrocksmysocks]

If you take the time to do this quick survey, I will send some rep your way. This is for an advanced grammar project and of course I have waited till the last minute.

You can just put the number of the question along with your answer.

Questions.

1. What is your age?

2. What is the highest level of education you have completed? i.e. some high school, high school, some college, college, grad school, etc.

3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is?

4. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech.

5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers?

6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't know nothing.

Thank you in advance if you take the time to do this for me.

Peace.

1. 19
2. some high school
3. yes
4. sure
5. no
6. no

[make it legal]

1. What is your age?
16

2. What is the highest level of education you have completed? i.e. some high school, high school, some college, college, grad school, etc.
junior in high school

3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is?
yes

4.Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech.
yeah

5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers?
depends on context


6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't know nothing.
sure. It means he knows something.

[Bob the Awesome]

1. What is your age?
- 19

2. What is the highest level of education you have completed? i.e. some high school, high school, some college, college, grad school, etc.
- Some College (Almost 1 year)

3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is?
- Yes I do

4. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech.
- For the most part, no, but in some instances yes.

5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers?
- No

6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't know nothing.
- No

[KEGS]

1) 46 2) High School 3) Yes 4) No 5) No 6)No

[tuscani]

1. What is your age?
18

2. What is the highest level of education you have completed? i.e. some high school, high school, some college, college, grad school, etc.
Currently in college.

3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is?
Yes.

4. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech.
No.

5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers?
NO!

6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't know nothing.
NO!

[JaggedEdge]

Thanks to all of your who have responded. If you haven't recieved rep yet, it will have to wait untill tomorrow. I seem to have given out to much in the past 24 hours. The paper isn't due for another week, but I have to give a quick presentation on the survey tomorrow. So I needed to know what most people thought about it.

Thanks again to everyone who responded so far. The survey isn't to great, but it shows that most people understand double negatives, and how they can be used in a literary sense on rare occasions.

My spelling is horrible right now, I'm out of it.

[Skink]

1. 49
2. some High School
3. yes
4. no
5. no
6. no

[russ-bob]

If you take the time to do this quick survey, I will send some rep your way. This is for an advanced grammar project and of course I have waited till the last minute.

You can just put the number of the question along with your answer.

Questions.

1. What is your age?
19
2. What is the highest level of education you have completed? i.e. some high school, high school, some college, college, grad school, etc.
Curently attending highschool senior
3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is?
yes
4. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech.
no
5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers?
deffinatly not
6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't know nothing.
well if john dosent know nothing then he obviously knows something... so no its not acceptable
Thank you in advance if you take the time to do this for me.

Peace.
_______

[Xhoshi]

1) 18
2) High School
3) Yes
4) Yes
5) No
6) In normal speech, yes. But not on paper.

[chris420]

1. 19

2. some college

3. Yes

4. No, but im sure u get used to it in some regions.

5. No

6. No



Peace.

[GreenLadyOfDankDowns]

1. What is your age? 28

2. What is the highest level of education you have completed? i.e. some high school, high school, some college, college, grad school, etc. I completed some college as well as a vocational school.

3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is? Yes.

4. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech. No I think it makes one seem less intelligent, or at least uneducated.

5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers? Absolutely not!

6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't know nothing. This sentence should read; "John doesn't know anything."

[4gan2ja0]

15
yes
sometimes, but you sound supid
definately not
definately not

[delusionsofNORMALity]

1. about 50
2. high school grad with misc. college courses to satisfy my curiosity
3. yes
4. only for its amusement value
5. no
6. only if nothing is a specific person place or thing (as mr. john q. nothing).

[BabyFacedAbortion]

1. What is your age? 17

2. What is the highest level of education you have completed? i.e. some high school, high school, some college, college, grad school, etc. High School

3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is? Yep

4. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech.Depends on who you're talking to. Usually, no. It makes you seem ignorant.

5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers? No

6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't know nothing. No. John doesn't know anything.

[OniEhtRedrum781]

1. What is your age? - 18

2. What is the highest level of education you have completed? i.e. some high school, high school, some college, college, grad school, etc. - Some highschool

3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is? - No

4. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech. - I don't know

5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers? - I don't know

6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't know nothing. - No

[Hookah314]

1. What is your age?
--16

2. What is the highest level of education you have completed? i.e. some high school, high school, some college, college, grad school, etc.
--sophmore

3. Referring to English, do you know what a double negative is?
--yes

4. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in everyday speech.
--no

5. Do you feel it is acceptable to use double negatives in college and high school level papers?
-no

6. Do you consider the following sentence to be acceptable: John doesn't know nothing.
--no! it has a double negative!

[JaggedEdge]

Haha thanks hookah and everyone else who has responded.

It's sad I'm actually promoting this thread in another members thread... Sorry didn't even realize I was doing that until I typed that. :wtf:

[delusionsofNORMALity]

5. it should be john don't know nuthin'.

[slipknotpsycho]

21
some high school
i can't not know :wtf:
yes
yeah, but i know it's not grammatically correct.