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15.16 when expressing a negative concept using a negation 1. English tends to express negative ideas with a negation (
17.7
). This helps the reader to understand immediately that something negative is being said. Note that the examples given in the right-hand column would be perfectly
acceptable in a manuscript, those on the left would be better in an oral presentation.
2. Only one negation word is required. Note that the examples given in the right-hand column are incorrect English.
MORE COMMON / LESS FORMAL LESS COMMON / MORE FORMAL (1), NO (2) 1 There are
not many options available. There are
few options available.
1
Web dontb have much time available. We have
little time available.
1 There are
not as many opportunities for women as there are for men. There are
fewer opportunities for women than for men.
1 There are
not many cases where patients have such symptoms. The cases where patients
have such symptoms are rare .
2
The device was not designed to be connected to a network,
either wired
or wireless. The device was
not designed to be connected to a network,
neither wired
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