Write short note types of negation and its interaction with scope
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Answer: Types of Negative Sentences:
Types of Negative Sentences 1.Explicit Negation 2. Affixal Negation 3.Implicit Negation 4.Non-Verbal Negation.
1.Explicit Negation
Explicit Negation This is the most common and an obvious type of negation where we indicate our NO by putting a NOT after the operative or the auxiliary verb.
e.g. He is not happy. A child does not tell a lie.
neither/nor/either:
neither/nor/either Note that neither/nor/either are often used to combine two negative sentences. The following two sentences.
E.g. Aditya isn’t happy and neither is Krishan . Aditya isn’t happy and nor is Krishan . Aditya isn’t happy and Krishan isn’t either.
neither/nor/either:
neither/nor/either Interestingly, look what happens when we decide to use neither/nor together:
E.g.
Neither Aditya nor Krishan is happy.
2. Affixal Negation
Affixal Negation In this type of negation, the form is generally positive but the negative meaning is carried by the prefixes like ‘im-, in-, un-, non-, dis-‘ etc.
E.g.
She is very in sensitive to her needs.
3. Implicit Negation
This type of negation too has a connection with the use of individual words.
E.g. Ruchi rejected the offer.
4. Non-verbal Negation
Non-verbal Negation As the term suggests, this type of negation has to do with words other than verbs. The negative element in this case is carried in words like nothing, no one, none, nobody, never, nowhere, few, seldom, little and few etc.
E.g.
No one knew the meaning of this word. I can find her nowhere.