GCheng620 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Double negative
I know that this kind of expressions are patently wrong,
but I still need to figure them out for the sake that I just have to get a better understanding of the American-style English.
I recently read a passage in an article that goes as "I will be stuck in a classroom while my brother and my sister in law gallivanting around Central America in a vehicle NOT UNLIKE the Mack truck from The Road Warrior. I was bitterly jealous."
Is this "not unlike" here supposed to be "unlike" in a casual form?
but I still need to figure them out for the sake that I just have to get a better understanding of the American-style English.
I recently read a passage in an article that goes as "I will be stuck in a classroom while my brother and my sister in law gallivanting around Central America in a vehicle NOT UNLIKE the Mack truck from The Road Warrior. I was bitterly jealous."
Is this "not unlike" here supposed to be "unlike" in a casual form?
Top answer
'Like' means 'similar to'. 'Not unlike' means 'QUITE similar to'.
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ArchieWW'Like' means 'similar to'. 'Not unlike' means 'QUITE similar to'.Thank you,
but is this a casual or formal usage?
Thanks in advance.
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