"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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& |- J) r- x& u9 C0 ?They both are sentences of opposite meaning.
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aren't they?

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I can't agree more = I do agree.
7 x$ t3 a$ E- |( J-> e.g. I agree totally, absolutely, completely, I can't agree more.

% q! x5 F2 f% p- Y. N* y) _5 WI can't agree any more = I do not agree.
: L, @8 [) Q. w, X+ Q; M-> 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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( K* g) I& ~4 @9 i* c; NThank you.

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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5 @# v; Q5 ~1 l1 f6 h"agree" is a strange word.
It seems like it has some magic.
: a8 x0 E! y  EThe more I thought, the more suspicious it seemed.
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any longer  = (不)再
6 J  k9 Y- T+ ]any more  =  (不)再
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' l/ e/ @5 ]4 w/ H2 a0 W" Y' E: r' FThe deadline is drawing near; we can't delay any more.
! A/ w# m) F- d' G. H9 j限期快到了, 不能再拖延。
0 X) B6 r! F, J0 ^! _5 @I can't eat any more; my stomach is bulging.
我一点也吃不下，肚子都鼓起来了。
+ z4 c; Z: n# J! W! m" \Stop it! I can't stand it any more!
住口!我再受不了了!
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$ h5 B- ?4 H9 U+ M" a7 \6 l; SI really can't stay any longer.
/ \5 [4 o# O- x, F( |; E; _# n我真的不能再呆了。
I cannot bear it any longer.
8 s7 O+ ?8 i) i' }2 ~7 G, E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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I got it !!!!!!!!
$ o! \: y5 {2 |9 G  E3 B0 K8 S2 G6 ?Only "Commendatory/Derogatory Word" as "agree/hate" is strange.
Because,
1 z. }$ l* c; {8 o2 J"Commendatory/Derogatory" enable sentences to mean "Positive" from "Negative".
Actually, just like in Chinese, for example:
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" ~: ]- N1 r! s$ d( OPositive Sentence:
不能再同意了=同意得不能再同意了
不能再喜欢了＝喜欢得不能再喜欢了
$ r0 e" P) D  ^, O- v9 e不能再爱了＝爱得不能再爱了
不能再讨厌了 ＝ 讨厌的不能再讨厌了
"同意/喜欢/爱" are "Commendatory", "讨厌"is "Derogatory".
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+ `) K# v4 q1 j2 F  O- B6 E& R5 eNegative Sentence:
不能再拖延了
2 w! p7 Q; r% b+ v不能再吃了
2 e6 p5 K- F9 y5 `+ _不能再忍受了
  W* b: R* n* I( h6 R8 ^不能再停留下去了
不能再耐烦了
- d0 |! `. }* q8 a3 S( v. Q" T"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，
也是一个意思

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还有 i can't agree no more，
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程普 发表于 2009-9-8 21:29

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( J2 K7 \, U5 ]$ S  l* UOh my God

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OH...
# I% h. m$ ^# p  D  P* oThis is "double negative = positive"

Maisonette

double negative is still negative

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double negative is still negative
# z+ |/ e" i" \" u! ?% LMaisonette 发表于 2009-9-9 17:22

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Why?????????????????????????????????????????????
Is 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.
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I can't agree no more.
我不能不再同意了。

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xxbbii

真是比native speaker都要咬文嚼字

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I would not say these sentences myself.
If someone says to me "I can't agree no more" or "I can't agree any more",
6 Z: H- g/ G0 `# U: A3 J6 n! PI will ask back "What do you mean? Do you agree or disagree?"
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. P4 ]5 L& A' }8 \: N% ~had someone said = if someone says
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Right??

1 r4 `9 V2 K) N* D2 aI know that "should you have any question = if you have any question".
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