Legal Question in Banking Law in Italy
What is double negation and how to replace it in sentence?
Sometimes we use these double nagation.
please advise.
Asked on 3/24/12, 8:55 am
2 Answers from Attorneys
Giovanbattista Greco
Avv. Giovanbattista Greco
A double negation is a construction that employs two negatives, especially to express a single negation.
When two negatives are used in one sentence, the negatives are understood to cancel one another and produce a weakened affirmative. However, in Italian, the second negative is usually employed as an intensifier and should be understood as strengthening the negation rather than removing it. That is the reason why the way to replace a double negation in a sentence depends on the context.
Answered on 4/04/12, 1:33 pm
Maurizio Codurri
FMM Law
It is important to check the context where the double negation is : please provide with the original full text in order to examine it.
Answered on 3/26/13, 1:44 am