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Double negatives

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Aka Mon 12-May-14 12:26:41

A Professor of Linguistists was lecturing his class.

"In English," he said "a double negative forms a positive. However in some lanuages, such as Russian, a double negative remains a negative. But there isn't a single language, not one, where a double positive expresses a negative."

A voice from the back of the class piped up "Yeah, right."

BeeWitch Mon 12-May-14 14:56:20

grin

HollyDaze Mon 12-May-14 15:10:18

grin