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Both right? "I don't know anything." and "I don't know nothing." Thanks!
and, I don't know anyone named Tom, or, I don't know nobody named Tom. ?
Jul 19, 2013 12:43 PM
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"I don't know nothing" contains a double negative, which is a no-no in English grammar.
July 19, 2013
"I don't know anything" is correct.
"I don't know nothing" is not correct because good grammar does not contain double negatives.
However, less educated people in the United States might use double negatives, so you might hear them say something like "I don't know nothing."
July 20, 2013
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