英語里有的句子雖然用了否定詞（或詞組），但并不表示否定意義。例如：you canno
t praise her too highly.這句雖然用了cannot,但意義卻是肯定的，即"你怎么贊揚她都不過分。"
英語里形式否定，實際肯定的句子常見的有如下幾種。
1.由nothing(比如nothing but,nothing except,nothing beyond,nothing besides,nothing like,nothing short of,nothing if not等)構成的句子.例如:
i did nothing but press the button.我只是按了按電鈕.
nothing but socialism can save china.只有社會主義才能救中國.
he did nothing except(or beyond) writing the letter.他只寫了這封信.
i care for nothing besides this one.我只要這一個.
there is nothing like blue serge for men’s wear.藍色嗶嘰最適合于男子穿.
there is nothing like jogging as a means of exercise.鍛煉身體的最好辦法是跑步
.
his escape was nothing short of a miracle.他的逃跑科可以說是個奇跡.
the plan is nothing short of revolutionary.這個計劃完全是革命性的.