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Which sentence uses negative words incorrectly? A. Nothing could make me eat no squid. B. Don't tease the parrot or you'll be sorry! C. They shouldn't be playing …

Which sentence uses negative words incorrectly? A. Nothing could make me eat no squid. B. Don't tease the parrot or you'll be sorry! C. They shouldn't be playing …
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Which sentence uses negative words incorrectly? A. Nothing could make me eat no squid. B. Don't tease the parrot or you'll be sorry! C. They shouldn't be playing the music so loudly. D. No one has ever sung as badly as I did that night.

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"A. Nothing could make me eat no squid" is using negative words incorrectly, since this is a double negative, which is saying literally that this person wouldn't NOT eat squid, which is not the desired intention. 
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