He don't know nothing about it. |
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Votes: 1001
Comments: 13
Added: January 2004
| PLP - 8th February 2004 03:16 |
| Two- one of the negatives and 'does' or 'knows'. |
| Lindt - 18th February 2004 23:08 |
| Only if the double negative is an error. |
| cyril - 23rd June 2004 12:12 |
| Depends partly upon the context and the related facts! |
| Tienan87 - 14th March 2005 17:00 |
| Hello, I was wondering how many mistakes in that sentence, please give me an exact answer as soon as possible. thanks a lot x |
| Martin - 18th November 2005 16:11 |
| Two negatives on the same sentence: "don't" and "nothing". Yes, double negative is an error. |
| nevar111 - 9th November 2006 02:03 |
| First, "don't" is an error, it represents "do not". It should be "does not" (contracted) and second, "nothing" , of course, should be "anything". |
| Trish - 20th December 2006 11:49 |
| Well, first mistake is when we use do not with a singular subject. The sentence has two negatives which makes it a positive sentence. We can put it this way..."He knows nothing about it or He doesn't know anything about it." So, the sentence has two mistakes, the plural form of the verb and the double negative of the words. |
| Michael - 3rd March 2008 12:19 |
| only one. don't should be doesn't. "nothing" here is correct. Like I don't know nothing. this is correct. |
| mailshowanist - 8th March 2008 18:11 |
| That's not English its American. |
| Amy - 29th November 2008 18:39 |
| Michael, If you don't know nothing, that means you know something. So it's a double negative, therefore incorrect. |
| shamskkp - 10th January 2009 07:34 |
| two mistakes are there.... First, We use do not with plural. So it should be doesn't. Second, The sentence has two negatives. do not and nothing. it gives positive meaning...... |
| youssef - 27th March 2009 13:34 |
| He doesn't know anything about it. I think that the first sentence is slangy, and informal. |
| teresa - 13th November 2009 13:39 |
| It should read ' He doesn't know anything' but apart from the 'don't' being incorrect the statement actuallly means he actually knows something, and I am sure thats not the intention of the statement. |
