Rewrite each sentence below correcting the double negative.

Question

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

Answer 1

#1 -the same way you did #4.
2-5 are all correctly done. :)

Answer 2

1. He can't talk nicely to anybody.

The rest are right.

Answer 3

Thank you Ms. Sue for checking this.

Answer 4

You are welcome, Patrick.