Posted by mbstevens on 09/07/07 14:12

Neredbojias wrote:

>>> that would not make you cease
>>> yawning so:
>> that would make you cease... beware of double negatives after an
>> avo with Putin
>
> Negatives can actually be summary as opposed to antipodal.

Recently posted to another group:
A linguistics professor was lecturing his class one day.

"In English," he said, "a double negative forms
a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is
still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive
can form a negative." A loud voice from the back of the room piped up:
"Yeah, right."

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