English folktales are still comparatively neglected

The tradition that the fairies were driven out of England by the sound of church bells was used by Rudyard Kipling in Puck of Pook’s Hill (1906).

Hunt sub-divided West Country fairies into Small People, Spriggans, Piskies, Knockers and Brownies. Most English fairies were either mischievous or malevolent.

England was particularly rich in humorous stories. Many of these mock the stupidity of the inhabitants of particular villages, such as Austwick in Yorkshire and Gotham in Nottinghamshire.

Some of the folktales told in English were international stories

Versions of English folktales were also collected among people of British descent in America and Australia.

From the late 18th century, translations of foreign fairy tales became as popular as native stories.

exceptions to the rule The ban on using double negatives to convey emphasis does not apply when the second negative appears in a separate phrase or clause, as in I will not surrender, not today, not ever or He does not seek money, no more than he seeks fame. Note that commas must be used to separate the negative phrases in these examples. Thus the sentence He does not seek money no more than he seeks fame is unacceptable, whereas the equivalent sentence with any is perfectly acceptable and requires no comma: He does not seek money any more than he seeks fame.

In Standard English, it is therefore considered incorrect to say I couldn't hardly do it or The car scarcely needs no oil. These adverbs have a minimizing effect on the verb.

These famous examples of double negatives that reinforce (rather than nullify) a negative meaning show clearly that this construction is alive and well in spoken English

In fact, multiple negatives have been used to convey negative meaning in English since Old English times, and for most of this period, the double negative was wholly acceptable.

In these expressions the double negative conveys a weaker affirmative than would be conveyed by the positive adjective or adverb by itself.

It is a truism of traditional grammar that double negatives combine to form an affirmative

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