Question

Change the negative sentence into an affirmative sentence without changing the meaning:
There is no smoke without fire.
a)No smoke, no fire.
b)Smoke is not always with fire.
c)Not all smokes are with fire.
d)Where there is smoke, there is fire.

Answer 1

Hint: A negative sentence is used to talk about statements that are false or incorrect, whereas an affirmative sentence talks about correct or true statements.

Complete answer:

As given in the hint, negative sentences are used to express statements that are opposite in meaning to the affirmative sentences.
Negative sentences contain words like ‘don’t, no, never, no one, etc’ along with the main verb in the sentence. Example- (1) She never eats her lunch on time. Here, we have used the word ‘never’ with the main verb ‘eat’ to show an opposing idea.
Affirmative sentences do not contain such negative words. Example- (2) She is always late in eating her lunch. Here, we haven’t used any negative words to express that she is late in eating her food.
We have expressed the same meaning in both (1) and (2) sentences.
Now, in the given question; We need to change the negative sentence into an affirmative sentence without changing the meaning of the sentence.
Let’s examine the given options-
a)The given sentence uses a negative word ‘no’. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
b)The given sentence uses a negative word ‘not’. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
c)The given sentence uses a negative word ‘not’. Hence, it is an incorrect option.
d)The given sentence expresses the same meaning without the use of a negative word. Hence, it is the correct option.
The correct answer is Option ‘d’.

Note: Affirmative sentences do not contain any negative words or express any negative, false, or opposing meaning.