"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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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.
-> 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.
-> e.g. I agreed once, I agreed twice, I can't agre ...
: ~, }9 r5 h$ J( I3 aZKZ 发表于 2009-9-8 16:13

Thank you.

And "I can't agree anymore"?

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/ h, l0 ~  }+ ~  II can't agree more.
I can't agree any more.
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"agree" is a strange word.
7 n% m9 k  ?: J: yIt seems like it has some magic.
The more I thought, the more suspicious it seemed.
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+ |) g$ k% Z5 [any longer  = (不)再
$ _. t; U( j3 [+ Z' {& Gany more  =  (不)再
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The 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.
% A" f' ^( ~3 A. \4 Q8 p  {我一点也吃不下，肚子都鼓起来了。
& f4 a) K* f5 y1 x; E; `* xStop it! I can't stand it any more!
2 t: o( \5 l) f- e2 V2 K住口!我再受不了了!
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5 L( G/ p5 c, A1 p" Q  `" PI really can't stay any longer.
我真的不能再呆了。
; @, J; _0 D. t# aI cannot bear it any longer.
9 ^/ E  z- I! e# @+ k. }' ~! N) J我再也不能忍受了。
$ y* E7 K, j, v2 JI cannot endure listening to that any longer.
: Y- ?" J/ N7 M: U% F" D我再也不耐烦听那一套了。

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: l0 C$ X4 M+ Z/ uI got it !!!!!!!!
# b8 X! M: q. q/ y5 ^* a) |6 }Only "Commendatory/Derogatory Word" as "agree/hate" is strange.
Because,
"Commendatory/Derogatory" enable sentences to mean "Positive" from "Negative".
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Positive Sentence:
不能再同意了=同意得不能再同意了
; Y. ]( d( |0 m不能再喜欢了＝喜欢得不能再喜欢了
8 ]5 ]+ I( t1 u$ D. S& q不能再爱了＝爱得不能再爱了
: n) l) O' G7 d6 x7 L: ]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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4 X( u  x: ]' Y' r& B2 PNegative Sentence:
不能再拖延了
不能再吃了
) d0 u8 M* {, P/ m6 K' s+ q( U9 X) o不能再忍受了
不能再停留下去了
% A  R4 u' i& k$ b0 H不能再耐烦了
5 F& R) F5 Y- i2 n* X3 q! `"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
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Oh my God

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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
9 ^6 B: M! f/ X* gMaisonette 发表于 2009-9-9 17:22

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6 S" `/ B7 d4 oIs this typical black English, too???????????????????????????????????

The lyrics is typical black English: double negative = negative (NOT positive). eg.. we don't need no education = we don't need education.
8 [" o1 E# Z6 ~9 @6 j  N& i  m" ljimmy_zhangming 发表于 2009-9-8 18:21

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

xxbbii

真是比native speaker都要咬文嚼字

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" e- i* ~- {$ z9 J: j1 p) s6 CI would not say these sentences myself.
If someone says to me "I can't agree no more" or "I can't agree any more",
I will ask back "What do you mean? Do you agree or disagree?"
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2 u' h9 a* B+ _, B0 s6 ^had someone said = if someone says

4 ^$ q" k, Z: A2 ^1 zRight??

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