Sentence #1: There isn’t no animal on Earth that humans envy as much as birds.

Sentence #1 Rewritten: There isn’t no animal on Earth that humans envy as much as birds.

Sentence #2: There isn’t no better time for birding than spring.

Sentence #2 Rewritten: There isn’t no better time for birding than spring.

Sentence #3: I don’t like nothing as much as welcoming the migrating birds as they come north.

Sentence #3 Rewritten: I don’t like nothing as much as welcoming the migrating birds as they come north.

Sentence #4: Many of my friends don’t know nothing about identifying birds.

Sentence #4 Rewritten: Many of my friends don’t know nothing about identifying birds.

Sentence #5: I wasn’t getting nowhere with birdwatching myself until I bought a good field guide.

Sentence #5 Rewritten: I wasn’t getting nowhere with birdwatching myself until I bought a good field guide.

Sentence #6: I couldn’t tell any difference between a Canada warbler and a magnolia warbler, for example.

Sentence #6 Rewritten: I couldn’t tell any difference between a Canada warbler and a magnolia warbler, for example.

Sentence #7: There isn’t no better way to tell them apart than to focus on their “necklaces,” the markings around their yellow necks.

Sentence #7 Rewritten: There isn’t no better way to tell them apart than to focus on their “necklaces,” the markings around their yellow necks.

Sentence #8: The short “necklace” on the Canada warbler isn’t nothing like the long hanging “necklace” on the magnolia warbler.

Sentence #8 Rewritten: The short “necklace” on the Canada warbler isn’t nothing like the long hanging “necklace” on the magnolia warbler.

Sentence #9: To be sure you can see both birds up close, there is no better investment than a good pair of binoculars.

Sentence #9 Rewritten: To be sure you can see both birds up close, there is no better investment than a good pair of binoculars.

Sentence #10: Before I had a book and binoculars, I could not name none of the rarer birds that fill our skies each spring.

Sentence #10 Rewritten: Before I had a book and binoculars, I could not name none of the rarer birds that fill our skies each spring.

Sentence #11: I couldn’t identify nothing except our familiar robin, blue jay, and crow.

Sentence #11 Rewritten: I couldn’t identify nothing except our familiar robin, blue jay, and crow.

Sentence #12: Now there isn’t nothing like the thrill of sighting a bluebird or a yellow-billed cuckoo.

Sentence #12 Rewritten: Now there isn’t nothing like the thrill of sighting a bluebird or a yellow-billed cuckoo.

Sentence #13: On weekends, I don’t study nothing but my bird book.

Sentence #13 Rewritten: On weekends, I don’t study nothing but my bird book.

Sentence #14: At first I didn’t expect any success as a bird-watcher.

Sentence #14 Rewritten: At first I didn’t expect any success as a bird-watcher.

Sentence #15: I couldn’t tell no difference between the various kinds of lake ducks.

Sentence #15 Rewritten: I couldn’t tell no difference between the various kinds of lake ducks.

Sentence #16: Because I have the book, I won’t never forget the difference between the red-headed and redbellied woodpeckers.

Sentence #16 Rewritten: Because I have the book, I won’t never forget the difference between the red-headed and redbellied woodpeckers.

Sentence #17: Though both have red head markings, downy woodpeckers don’t have no long bills like hairy woodpeckers.

Sentence #17 Rewritten: Though both have red head markings, downy woodpeckers don’t have no long bills like hairy woodpeckers.

Sentence #18: I haven’t seen no pileated woodpecker yet.

Sentence #18 Rewritten: I haven’t seen no pileated woodpecker yet.

Sentence #19: For a while I wasn’t getting nowhere with identifying the many warblers.

Sentence #19 Rewritten: For a while I wasn’t getting nowhere with identifying the many warblers.

Sentence #20: But finally I realized that there is nothing I’d rather do in the early morning than see which birds are around.

Sentence #20 Rewritten: But finally I realized that there is nothing I’d rather do in the early morning than see which birds are around.

Sentence #21: Unfortunately, my sister will stop at nothing to try to confuse me with her birdcalls.

Sentence #21 Rewritten: Unfortunately, my sister will stop at nothing to try to confuse me with her birdcalls.

Sentence #22: Because humans can’t never fly, at least by themselves, birds fascinate us.

Sentence #22 Rewritten: Because humans can’t never fly, at least by themselves, birds fascinate us.

Sentence #23: Humans do not have a body shape like a bird’s skeleton.

Sentence #23 Rewritten: Humans do not have a body shape like a bird’s skeleton.

Sentence #24: With its long straight neck, beak, and legs, a bird doesn’t let nothing get in the way of its streamlined travel.

Sentence #24 Rewritten: With its long straight neck, beak, and legs, a bird doesn’t let nothing get in the way of its streamlined travel.

Sentence #25: Birds’ bones are hollow and don’t carry no extra weight.

Sentence #25 Rewritten: Birds’ bones are hollow and don’t carry no extra weight.