In portuguese, it is ok to say “Não como nada.” But you cannot say “I don’t eat nothing” in English.
Here is a jingle (poem) we use to teach children not to use double negatives.
TESTE DE VOCABULÁRIO
INICIAR TESTE
Don’t ever use NOT and NEVER together.
Don’t say, “We don’t never have fun” because you’ll be using two negatives and you need to be using just one.
You will always be in trouble in your negatives are double!
From Up, Up and Away: a Book About Adverbs by Ruth Heller.
See you!
Mary Ziller from USA
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