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This blog was created with my students in mind. I hope this space helps with the struggles of the Spanish grammar.
Everyone is welcome to participate.
Gracias,
Laura Carlsson

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

The inconvenient double negative in Spanish

My students have always problems with the idea of the double negative. In Spanish, we say "no tengo nada" (I do not have nothing). To me, it makes sense because you can not have nothing, once you say "I have" you should have something...
¿me equivoco?

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