Question

1. Which of the following sentences contains a double negative?

This candy is very sweet.
This candy isn’t very sweet.
This candy is hardly sweet.
This candy isn’t hardly sweet.
2. Which of the following sentences contains a double negative?

Vanilla is not my favorite.
They don’t never have chocolate.
Ice cream is delicious.
I didn’t get two scoops.

Answer 1

1. this candy is hardly sweet.
2 vanilla is not my favorite.

Answer 2

The answer to your question would be that the sentences that contain a double negative are the following ones: "This candy isn't hardly sweet" and "They don't never have chocolate."

A double negative occurs when there are two negative elements within the same clause. In the first case, the sentence contains the negative particle not and the negative adverb hardly. In the second one, the negative elements are the negative particle not and the negative adverb never.