This essay dwells on thc sentence structure of general negation and special negation in both English and Chinese, depending on the kind and position of the negatives in the sentences.

While reading early English or literary works,people often meet with the special negative constructions which will be dealt with in this article and feel confused or puzzled about the usages and stylistic senses of some of them.

English negative sentences have a wide coverage.

By reviewing the study of negative sentence with linguistic cognition, the definition of non-conventional negative sentence is defined.

ract:A good command of negative sentence,a very important sentence structure,is vital to language teaching and translation.

Acquisition sequence of ESL negation from the perspective of UG;

With a number of examples, the accurate and appropriate translation of English negation into Chinese is explored.

Then it talks on how to understand and translate various negations,and the special problems that we should pay attention to in negation.

The structure of English negative sentence is very complex and there are discrepancies due to the dif-ferent structures of the negative sentences.

It can be divided into two categories based on the sentence patterns:translation of affirmative and negative sentences into each other;translation of affirmative and double negative sentences into each other.

Some sentences belong to negative category in grammar but they are often translated into affirmative tones according to the habits of mother tone.

Striking similarity between L1 and L2 exists in the developmental pattern of grammar,especially in the acquisition of grammatical morphemes,negative and interrogative.