Which of the following is true for sentences that have more than one clause?

A. There can be only one negative word in the whole sentence, even if there are two clauses.

B. There can be one negative word per clause.

C. There can be two negative words per clause.

D. There should never be more than one negative word in a sentence.

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Kyle Schaefer

14 July, 07:50

Which of the following is true for sentences that have more than one clause?

A. There can be only one negative word in the whole sentence, even if there are two clauses.

B. There can be one negative word per clause.

C. There can be two negative words per clause.

D. There should never be more than one negative word in a sentence.

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Jaydin · Answer 1

The statement that is true for sentence that have more than one clause is that, there can be one negative word per clause. If a sentence has more than two clauses, then each clause can have one negative word. But double negatives in one clause is grammatically wrong.