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The comic cartoons, frequently, highlight an interesting linguistic construction often censured by grammarians: the use of double negatives to articulate a single negation. The critique of double negatives is based on the notion that negation is an absolute concept; something is either present or absent, and adding a second negative into a sentence does not make it more negative than it was before. However, Swan (2005, p.364) reminds us that “multiple negatives are sometimes used instead of simple positive structures for special stylistic effects. This is rather literary; in spoken English, it can seem unnatural or old-fashioned”. In which of the alternatives bellow there is a purposeful use of a double negative structure for stylistic gains?

(a)

I’m not at peace with dying alone But I’m not at war either No, I am planted on the shore knowing The ashen tide may or may not rise – (Neither/Nor - Moses Sumney)

(b)

No, It is not her sin God took her for granted Love was everywhere, they said But love is losing game, she said (True Lover -Baek Yerin)

(c)

We ain’t gotta tell Tell ‘em nothing, no, tell ‘em, tell ‘em, no (tell ‘em) Tell ‘em nothing, no, we tell ‘em, tell ‘em nothing (tell ‘em) We ain’t gotta tell ‘em, tell (tell ‘em) (Got to tell them, babe, got to tell them, babe) Tell ‘Em -Sabrina Carpenter

(d)

(…) Secret of your mind. You don’t make us blind. Pandora. Make the old things better. How? It doesn’t matter. Now it doesn’t matter. Nothing doesn’t matter. (Digital Signal Processor - 1 Lyrics - Void Vision - The Album by Cyber People)