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

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I can't agree more.
7 L8 r" D5 Q5 |7 A/ m  i" vI can't agree any more.
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??????

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They both are sentences of opposite meaning.

aren'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.
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I can't agree any more = I do not agree.
9 F) l0 B" l2 e, b7 n+ X-> e.g. I agreed once, I agreed twice, I can't agre ...
( B5 v7 ]$ t  J! WZKZ 发表于 2009-9-8 16:13

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Thank 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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"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
any more  =  (不)再
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% F1 D1 H8 a. l9 nThe deadline is drawing near; we can't delay any more.
限期快到了, 不能再拖延。
  m0 w$ \: |* C. fI can't eat any more; my stomach is bulging.
2 ^) @& U0 B4 I1 l我一点也吃不下，肚子都鼓起来了。
3 q2 O* @* V" `" U! V# UStop it! I can't stand it any more!
" A& j8 q* L! H  |7 D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。
5 |6 y, l, u& K- l( pI cannot bear it any longer.
我再也不能忍受了。
1 \& C" H. L4 z% lI cannot endure listening to that any longer.
0 I& n: S6 C4 Z' K0 r' }+ a我再也不耐烦听那一套了。

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# @% T  x8 `$ \+ Q6 x8 {Only "Commendatory/Derogatory Word" as "agree/hate" is strange.
Because,
"Commendatory/Derogatory" enable sentences to mean "Positive" from "Negative".
Actually, just like in Chinese, for example:
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Positive 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
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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% {) r+ D: }" `# E( w  ^Negative Sentence:
' v1 Q5 m0 T5 y. ~' U7 u不能再拖延了
% B" A# e/ T& ]2 E不能再吃了
# L) _1 r/ Q9 k不能再忍受了
不能再停留下去了
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
3 S9 h: h7 B) z程普 发表于 2009-9-8 21:29

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Oh my God

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OH...
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Maisonette

double negative is still negative

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double negative is still negative
' G# A9 V! H8 K: C' h, lMaisonette 发表于 2009-9-9 17:22

+ h* Z; m; Y* I' G& @  n! ~Why?????????????????????????????????????????????
/ z& U* [8 _. [7 t6 H6 uIs 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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  J8 z% ?5 |: Z1 [+ dIsn'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.
If someone says to me "I can't agree no more" or "I can't agree any more",
7 o- Z1 t* m8 N# T/ ~, B7 ~8 EI will ask back "What do you mean? Do you agree or disagree?"

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+ c% Z) Z2 s- m: p  U% ihad someone said = if someone says

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