Don't be doing

[gurpreetgill4u]

Don't be doing nothing stupid.

I can not understand what kind of sentence is this.

 

[Rover_KE]

It's an ungrammatical sentence.

Where did you find it?

 

[gurpreetgill4u]

Applachian outlaws

Season 1 episode 2 at 15.31 in the timeline.
Complete sentenceon't be doing nothing stupid bud.
He was trying to get someone to back away from his property and he said don't be doing nothing stupid bud to a guy who had knife in his hand.

 

[MikeNewYork]

It is an imperative sentence (a command). It contains a double negative and there should be a comma before "Bud". "Be doing" is very informal.

 

[TheParser]

***** NOT A TEACHER *****


Hello, Gurpreetgill4u:

A teacher has already answered you.

I just thought that you might like to know that standard English would probably express the idea something like this:

"Don't do anything stupid."

 

[probus]

***** NOT A TEACHER *****


Hello, Gurpreetgill4u:

A teacher has already answered you.

I just thought that you might like to know that standard English would probably express the idea something like this:

"Don't do anything stupid."

I agree. But there is a small connotational difference. "Don't do anything stupid" is a serious admonition to a friend, a child or someone one cares about. "Don't be doing anything ..." is much more light-hearted, and acknowledges the possibility that the person may choose to do something apparently stupid for fun.