Don't take my words negative

[Untaught88]

Hi,

Is "Don't take my words negative" correct?

 

[Sue01]

Hi,

You need to use the adverb form 'negatively', rather than the adjective form 'negative'. Adjectives give more information about nouns, and adverbs about verbs ('take' in your example).

I hope this is helpful.

Sue

 

[Raymott]

It's more common to say, "Don't take my words the wrong way." It means the same.

 

[emsr2d2]

In BrE, we would probably say "Don't take this the wrong way but ..." (going on to say whatever it is that might be taken the wrong way).

 

[GoesStation]

In BrE, we would probably say "Don't take this the wrong way but ..." (going on to say whatever it is that might be taken the wrong way).

That works in AmE too.

 

[Tdol]

Or Don't get me wrong....