Affirmative থেকে Negative
1): Only, alone, merely replaced by None but (person)/ Nothing but (things)/ Not more than or not less than (numbers).
For example:
Aff: Only Allah can help us.
Neg: None but Allah can help us.
Aff: He has only a bag.
Neg: He has nothing but a bag.
Aff: She has only fifty taka.
Neg: She has not more than/not less than fifty taka. ‘
’Must’’ replaced by cannot but/cannot help+(v+ing).
Ex-Aff: We must obey our parents.
Neg: We cannot but obey our parents/ We cannot help obeying our parents.
(2) ‘ Both & and’ replaced by not only & but also, and(if join two words) replaced by not only– but also.
Ex-Aff: Both Jim and Della were excited.
Neg: Not only Jim but also Della were excited.
Aff: He was obedient and gentle.
Neg: He was not only obedient but also gentle.
(3): Everyone/everybody/every person(every+common noun)/all—replaced by—There is no+attached word+but.
Ex- Aff: Every mother loves her child.
Neg: There is no mother but loves her child.
Aff: Everybody hates a liar.
Neg: There is nobody but hates a liar.
(4): As soon as—replaced by— No sooner had—-than
Ex—Aff: As soon as the thief saw the police, he ran away.
Neg: No sooner had he seen the police than he ran away.
(5): Absolute superlative degree—replaced by—No other+ attached words+as/so+positive form+as+subject.
Ex- Aff: Dhaka is the biggest city in Bangladesh. Neg: No other city is so big as Dhaka in Bangladesh.
(6): Always— replaced by—Never.
Ex—Aff: Karzon always attends the class.
Neg: Karzon never misses the class.
(7): Much—replaced by—A little.
Ex—Aff: He belongs much money.
Neg: He doesn’t belong a little money.
A little—replaced by— not much.
Ex—Aff: Shahed has a little riches.
Neg: Shahed doesn’t have much riches.
(8): A few—replaced by—not many.
Ex—Aff: Bangladesh has a few scholars.
Neg: Bangladesh doesn’t have many scholars.
(9): Sometimes—replaced by—Not+always.
Ex- Aff: Mila sometimes visits me.
Neg: Mila doesn’t always visit me.
(10): Many—replaced by—Not a few.
Ex—Aff: I have many friends.
Neg: I don’t have a few friends.
(11): Universal Truth are changed by making them negative interrogative.
Ex- Aff: The sun rises in the east.
Neg: Doesn’t the sun rise in the east?
(12): As—as—replaced by—Not less-than.
Ex—Aff: Simi was as wise as Rimi.
Neg: Simi was not less wise than Rimi.
(13): Too—to—-replaced by—so-that+can not/could not.
Ex-Aff: He is too weak to walk.
Neg: He is so weak that he cannot walk.
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