Rewrite each sentence below correcting the double negative.

1. He can't talk nicely to nobody.

2.The lady won't never find her lost cat.
Answer: The lady won't ever find her lost cat.

3. There aren't no pictures in that book.
Answer: There are no pictures in that book.

4. Jose never told the story to no one.
Answer: Jose never told the story to anyone.

5. They barely had no sandwiches left at the picnic.
Answer: They barely had any sandwiches left at the picnic.

Please be so kind as to double check the above.

I am a bit confused on how to rewrite sentence 1.

Thank you

Patrick

4 answers

#1 -the same way you did #4.
2-5 are all correctly done. :)
1. He can't talk nicely to anybody.

The rest are right.
Thank you Ms. Sue for checking this.
You are welcome, Patrick.