"I can't agree more"and"I can't agree any more"

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I can't agree more.
I can't agree any more.

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They both are sentences of opposite meaning.

, N* C7 S; Q" M. M2 caren't they?

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I can't agree more = I do agree.
-> e.g. I agree totally, absolutely, completely, I can't agree more.

& Y2 f6 s( o! p2 J0 qI can't agree any more = I do not agree.
-> e.g. I agreed once, I agreed twice, I can't agre ...
ZKZ 发表于 2009-9-8 16:13

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9 Q9 v/ W% d" @2 mThank you.
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And "I can't agree anymore"?
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I can't agree more.
I can't agree any more.
I can't agree anymore.

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2 A5 A, Y& _) p& e1 Y7 H"agree" is a strange word.
It seems like it has some magic.
The more I thought, the more suspicious it seemed.
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; {: T) L$ I. y/ U7 Tany longer  = (不)再
6 T8 L8 L" z* K, T! N6 W3 ?; i, `any more  =  (不)再
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The deadline is drawing near; we can't delay any more.
限期快到了, 不能再拖延。
I can't eat any more; my stomach is bulging.
我一点也吃不下，肚子都鼓起来了。
Stop it! I can't stand it any more!
3 \2 V$ ~7 ?% i% |住口!我再受不了了!
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2 Q. u0 ~4 v% Z; E* z" HI really can't stay any longer.
我真的不能再呆了。
% X# h& }0 V7 V- I7 r8 z" X8 }I cannot bear it any longer.
0 V" P7 R* j4 ^, u- D# w' H我再也不能忍受了。
I cannot endure listening to that any longer.
我再也不耐烦听那一套了。

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: j0 s) N& l$ hI got it !!!!!!!!
) N; ~) X9 i. ?2 k2 ~$ W0 _) Y( l4 pOnly "Commendatory/Derogatory Word" as "agree/hate" is strange.
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"Commendatory/Derogatory" enable sentences to mean "Positive" from "Negative".
" D1 Z5 N2 {1 Q' |& oActually, just like in Chinese, for example:
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1 S& y5 H+ c4 R! {$ p7 nPositive Sentence:
1 J8 U; @# c% }+ ^不能再同意了=同意得不能再同意了
5 L4 ~* D3 \; j5 z/ d! h- ?不能再喜欢了＝喜欢得不能再喜欢了
不能再爱了＝爱得不能再爱了
% ?1 l1 u6 C" h9 @0 x* p+ d- z不能再讨厌了 ＝ 讨厌的不能再讨厌了
* L6 |% _0 h$ Z. k* i- w8 |"同意/喜欢/爱" are "Commendatory", "讨厌"is "Derogatory".
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9 T- l: v# p1 @! A& W, N1 PNegative Sentence:
5 v* R. ^/ [9 L6 e: e不能再拖延了
不能再吃了
不能再忍受了
$ a& @8 d5 ^! ^7 U不能再停留下去了
, I/ n6 n+ k; g) m& P& `& I不能再耐烦了
2 X; J1 L7 p7 L" l"拖延/吃/忍受/停留/耐烦" are "Neutral Word "

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程普

还有 i can't agree no more，
' \4 x9 W; N# ^( Q也是一个意思

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还有 i can't agree no more，
9 G( _5 ]& a4 i也是一个意思
5 z, @+ V! y4 U/ G! T4 i' b程普 发表于 2009-9-8 21:29

Oh my God

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OH...
This is "double negative = positive"

Maisonette

double negative is still negative

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double negative is still negative
, |! `5 R8 W; y/ W9 i2 NMaisonette 发表于 2009-9-9 17:22

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  t/ v# @* B. `! s( `2 i) iIs this typical black English, too???????????????????????????????????



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The lyrics is typical black English: double negative = negative (NOT positive). eg.. we don't need no education = we don't need education.
jimmy_zhangming 发表于 2009-9-8 18:21

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I can't agree no more.
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Isn't it????????????????????????????????????

xxbbii

真是比native speaker都要咬文嚼字

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I've decided!
I would not say these sentences myself.
0 v& p! P( K. z$ cIf someone says to me "I can't agree no more" or "I can't agree any more",
. t! P7 t' r, T. ?5 e# r- ZI will ask back "What do you mean? Do you agree or disagree?"
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had someone said = if someone says

3 @8 ]+ q( b: K$ F6 y) N; bRight??

I know that "should you have any question = if you have any question".