Sentence: I don't want no trouble.

[Infin1ty]

Hello everyone,

I recently watched a moive named Fighting. In this moive, I heard someone said: I don't want no trouble. It sounds strange to me. Shouldn't it be I don't want any trouble? :? Is "I don't want no trouble grammatically correct?
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[Esl_Expert]

Hello Infin1ty,

The formally correct version of that sentence is "I don't want any trouble."

In informal English, it is not unusual to hear people use a double negative:
"I do not want no trouble." (not ... no = double negative)
A classic example of this usage can be heard in the old Rolling Stones song "I Can't Get No Satisfaction".

However, this sort of use of a double negative is not standard, and it is sometimes regarded as sounding "uneducated". In addition, it is by no means unusual to hear people use the grammatically correct version (with "any") even in informal spoken English.

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[Infin1ty]

Hello Esl_Expert,

Thanks to your explanation, it's clear to me now. :)
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