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When are double negatives acceptable to use? Why? When can the rule be broken?

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The rule of a double negatives is that it should be avoided.

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A double negative is a statement which contains two negative words. If two negatives are used in one sentence, the opposite meaning may be conveyed. In many British, American, and other dialects, two or more negatives can be used with a single negative meaning.

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when one of the negatives is in parentheses with the number and the other is on the outside before it.

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