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Are these noun phrases too difficult to explain? | Modifier "Any"

Is this good English: 'I don't have no car.'
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Is this good English? #1 (permalink) Sun Sep 28, 2003 8:35 am   Is this good English?
 

I don't have no clue :)
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Is this good English? #2 (permalink) Wed Sep 20, 2006 9:07 am   Is this good English?
 

It should be " I don't have car."
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I have no car #3 (permalink) Wed Sep 20, 2006 9:12 am   I have no car
 

Hi Mishy,

How about I don't have a car or I have no car?

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Is this good English? #4 (permalink) Wed Sep 20, 2006 9:25 am   Is this good English?
 

Thanks, Torste....
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Is this good English? #5 (permalink) Wed Sep 20, 2006 11:17 am   Is this good English?
 

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I don't have no clue :)


Hi!

How about I don?t have any clue/car? :roll:

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Found on the internet... #6 (permalink) Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:56 pm   Found on the internet...
 

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"I can't do nothin' for no one if I ain't got no clue where I'm at in the first place." 8)
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Is this good English? #7 (permalink) Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:49 am   Is this good English?
 

I haven't got a car is another option -- and the one I would use (though I’d like to be able to say ‘ain’t got no...’).

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How about I don?t have any clue/car? :roll:


Believe it or not, Michael, your example set me thinking :o ! If the sentence 'I don't have any clue/car' is grammatically correct, then why do we normally say 'I don't have (or: haven't got) a clue/car/house'. Is it because we often only have one of each item (if at all)? Now, instead of 'I haven't got an apple/a book/jewel', we'd usually say 'I haven't got any apples/books/jewels'.

I hope I'm not too far wrong!
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Any #8 (permalink) Thu Sep 21, 2006 9:57 am   Any
 

Hi,

I haven't got any/I don't have any really needs to be followed by an uncountable noun or plural nouns. I don't have any money or I don't have any coins.

I haven't got a clue/I don't have a clue I haven't got any clues/any ideas.

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Is this good English? #9 (permalink) Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:05 am   Is this good English?
 

There's nobody like Alan for setting us on the right track.

Thank you and I hope you enjoyed your cruise! :)
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Cruise #10 (permalink) Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:41 am   Cruise
 

Hi Conchita,

Yes, we did enjoy the cruise, thank you. It's certainly improved my geography of the Baltic States. All our guides spoke excellent English and I quelled the teacher element in me by not pointing out any errors. Mind you, it's hard work being a tourist and those young women in Russia didn't stand for any malingerers as they whisked us through the palaces in St Petersburg. I think probably the most moving trip was the one to Klaipeda in Lithuania. Our guide was like a dog with two tails as she showed us round the area and we heard about her country's struggle to cope with economic problems. I think the whole coach load felt quite touched as she thanked us for coming to her country and kept saying: I'm so happy! I gave her a quick note about the site in the hope she might log on but she seemed a lttle doubtful about getting internet access although her son might be able to. Who knows?

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Is this good English? #11 (permalink) Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:44 am   Is this good English?
 

It goes without saying that it’s non-standard English but I know that such kinds of expressions( I’d say containing pleonasms) are peculiar to common language (low colloquial) and are grouped under the notion “double negation or negative” (If I’m correct)

Ex. Don’t give me no riddle.
Don’t bring no discussion of politics

Let me know what do you think about this.
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Is this good English? #12 (permalink) Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:23 am   Is this good English?
 

Hi all,

Please read:

A: How will you get there? You have no car!
B: Actually, I don't have no car - I just don't have a working car, but it'll be repaired by next week...

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Negative #13 (permalink) Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:30 am   Negative
 

Hi Quoc,

I fear your mini dialogue is gibberish:

Quote:
A: How will you get there? You have no car!
B: Actually, I don't have no car - I just don't have a working car, but it'll be repaired by next week...


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Negative #14 (permalink) Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:32 am   Negative
 

Please fix the mistakes
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Is this good English? #15 (permalink) Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:32 am   Is this good English?
 

Totally agree with Alan. Contradictions and contradictions :D
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