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

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I can't agree more.
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They both are sentences of opposite meaning.

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I can't agree more = I do agree.
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' K% q5 x7 I& I2 [4 }/ fI can't agree any more = I do not agree.
-> e.g. I agreed once, I agreed twice, I can't agre ...
% Q' a! p% Z& F6 Y9 [) _ZKZ 发表于 2009-9-8 16:13

Thank you.
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- ]3 f" R$ B/ ^( t" xAnd "I can't agree anymore"?
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I can't agree more.
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" F) [  S( s; s2 |; UI can't agree anymore.

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; ^  p5 X' @# ?3 n7 O! q"agree" is a strange word.
: I! m8 x- L6 s+ }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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9 X, a' Z* c0 l6 G; w& CThe deadline is drawing near; we can't delay any more.
限期快到了, 不能再拖延。
) B8 C9 V" Z4 y- I5 [! v6 e9 c* oI can't eat any more; my stomach is bulging.
1 C- z) |( p4 e9 o我一点也吃不下，肚子都鼓起来了。
Stop it! I can't stand it any more!
( B1 F) I" s. j- d1 O% N# ]住口!我再受不了了!
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I really can't stay any longer.
4 Y1 l+ W1 r6 \/ a7 H我真的不能再呆了。
" \' U) l' E) y2 f  c! nI cannot bear it any longer.
8 f8 }. u0 n5 @6 Q& W我再也不能忍受了。
# d  t- c4 F2 W& iI cannot endure listening to that any longer.
3 H* n+ E; X4 i我再也不耐烦听那一套了。

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I got it !!!!!!!!
Only "Commendatory/Derogatory Word" as "agree/hate" is strange.
Because,
( R. f9 n" n6 c( n8 m"Commendatory/Derogatory" enable sentences to mean "Positive" from "Negative".
+ m; {6 p4 o9 w( P; PActually, just like in Chinese, for example:
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3 H) J8 q& j* W: T& C' L, p0 _Positive Sentence:
不能再同意了=同意得不能再同意了
6 \- L2 T& y9 _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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6 ~9 B6 j2 I. e% @+ Y* x# Z7 bNegative Sentence:
不能再拖延了
1 I' s5 C# E  N: S. {& @4 c' b不能再吃了
不能再忍受了
不能再停留下去了
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"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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4 q% K" z3 M3 G( \程普 发表于 2009-9-8 21:29

" Y- u; D. H6 \- ~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
Maisonette 发表于 2009-9-9 17:22

, [" O" A0 `" [Why?????????????????????????????????????????????
7 T. Y. l5 \/ NIs 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.
1 V7 y- e4 R$ ?6 P$ V# n4 ^jimmy_zhangming 发表于 2009-9-8 18:21

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I can't agree no more.
9 `: G6 Q/ [' q0 _* l( J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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I've decided!
I would not say these sentences myself.
1 y# d4 i5 D5 J& C# iIf someone says to me "I can't agree no more" or "I can't agree any more",
5 q1 X3 h+ p- F0 h1 X2 k4 QI will ask back "What do you mean? Do you agree or disagree?"

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8 }7 T( x$ j; x2 B$ e  }had someone said = if someone says
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4 v8 i' h, y3 E8 B. N6 j2 hRight??

- o5 n" J* \, ~  @! A9 \  D1 HI know that "should you have any question = if you have any question".
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