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

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I can't agree more.
8 T  E! V: G8 FI can't agree any more.

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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.
( P6 v) e: t- e# @/ f! E( X7 _/ {-> e.g. I agree totally, absolutely, completely, I can't agree more.
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! J, b7 d# c1 }  s4 [/ `9 HI can't agree any more = I do not agree.
) _1 S4 {' k/ g# f5 ~0 w-> e.g. I agreed once, I agreed twice, I can't agre ...
ZKZ 发表于 2009-9-8 16:13

Thank you.
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6 e" i( u5 j# y6 P- {. q5 k* u" uAnd "I can't agree anymore"?

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% m+ Z) S6 ^  U, OI can't agree more.
- g+ z! e% z( a9 }( i) `: B: mI can't agree any more.
2 ^2 }8 o, e/ ^4 @- cI can't agree anymore.

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9 s1 C1 R  [2 O, ]! i9 f"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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any longer  = (不)再
0 i5 k* [% j$ z5 _+ E3 U# pany more  =  (不)再
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, i+ |% _8 f6 T) HThe 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.
( n! p" l; T0 v6 @) j: c我一点也吃不下，肚子都鼓起来了。
Stop it! I can't stand it any more!
& q9 c( O( [  v1 T) H住口!我再受不了了!
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I really can't stay any longer.
我真的不能再呆了。
I cannot bear it any longer.
8 }2 g* l# `7 c7 _3 y; W/ L' W8 v我再也不能忍受了。
$ r, \! u4 J! o3 J, }I cannot endure listening to that any longer.
, S7 A9 |7 y& {. H" l我再也不耐烦听那一套了。

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/ _) d+ }* V# u" a: N0 t" bI got it !!!!!!!!
Only "Commendatory/Derogatory Word" as "agree/hate" is strange.
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"Commendatory/Derogatory" enable sentences to mean "Positive" from "Negative".
Actually, just like in Chinese, for example:
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4 M" h2 N7 [: m8 S2 q: N+ a* iPositive 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
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  f; ?7 w% m5 c- a4 m- j不能再讨厌了 ＝ 讨厌的不能再讨厌了
% ~' u5 G/ U7 u' M  ?7 U* \"同意/喜欢/爱" are "Commendatory", "讨厌"is "Derogatory".
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3 {. r9 _7 x; |5 D5 {: B& v0 _! jNegative Sentence:
不能再拖延了
不能再吃了
- y% k' o6 x; @" q+ G3 {不能再忍受了
+ [& K( x) u" u: o1 c# R" _不能再停留下去了
% Y1 X/ p$ D. S- {6 c7 ]3 D不能再耐烦了
"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，
也是一个意思
程普 发表于 2009-9-8 21:29

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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
4 T7 @1 q* b8 h8 I* `6 pMaisonette 发表于 2009-9-9 17:22

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/ G2 x7 G- c" I: P; ~Why?????????????????????????????????????????????
3 c. e& ?' H- E- a/ o4 N$ LIs 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.
5 }! z# d4 _, y, q我不能不再同意了。

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.
4 h. P" L1 m' u& f9 U5 G) \3 v2 ^If someone says to me "I can't agree no more" or "I can't agree any more",
' r1 O4 M. P% X4 k$ V. PI will ask back "What do you mean? Do you agree or disagree?"
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had someone said = if someone says
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I know that "should you have any question = if you have any question".

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