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Posted by PeterMcC on 11/15/07 11:44
Davémon" <"davémon wrote in
<p9k2uy0109wm$.1oipasd4tbgpx.dlg@40tude.net>
> PeterMcC arranged shapes to form:
>
>> Davémon" <"davémon wrote in
>> <tihz3xfjjhds.ob1xc05r27oq.dlg@40tude.net>
<snip>
>>>
>>> Among the people who use the phrase, double negatives of that kind
>>> are simply emphatic, and it is /always/ understood and used as such.
>>
>> /Always/ might be a bit difficult to maintain, though I'd be
>> unreasonable to not allow a little hyperbolic licence :)
>>
>
> Among the people who use the phrase, always.
"You were rather quiet."
"Yes, but I didn't say nothing."
Or how about litotes as a double negative making a positive?
"The case is not without merit."
>> Then, what do I know?
>>
>
> I don't know!
I don't know nothing ;)
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