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... negative being called into use only for emphasis . ME I ne seye not . Here so little stress was placed on the preceding negative ne , that it eventually disappeared . 15th C I say not , a locution of literary flavour , removing the negative ...
... negative being called into use only for emphasis . ME I ne seye not . Here so little stress was placed on the preceding negative ne , that it eventually disappeared . 15th C I say not , a locution of literary flavour , removing the negative ...
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... negative interrogative periphrasis . Shakespeare does not favour this . EMIH ( F ) I.1.28 . How doe my cousin Edward , uncle ? N.Inn Epil.I.24 . A Kings , or Poets birth doe ask an age EMOH II.3.257 . He do ' not goe bare - foot , does ...
... negative interrogative periphrasis . Shakespeare does not favour this . EMIH ( F ) I.1.28 . How doe my cousin Edward , uncle ? N.Inn Epil.I.24 . A Kings , or Poets birth doe ask an age EMOH II.3.257 . He do ' not goe bare - foot , does ...
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... negatives make your two affirmatives ' , the strengthening of negative senses by iteration is very common in the early develop- ment of European languages . Even literary English was no exception , until the latter half of the ...
... negatives make your two affirmatives ' , the strengthening of negative senses by iteration is very common in the early develop- ment of European languages . Even literary English was no exception , until the latter half of the ...
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