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I never not learned how to swim.

I never learned how to swim.

The first sentence has a double negative. The second does not. The first one tells you that I can swim. The second one says I can't.

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Using double negatives typically results in a positive meaning. For example, "I don't want none" would mean "I want some" rather than "I want none." This type of construction is often considered nonstandard in formal English grammar.

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