Posted by dorayme on 09/07/07 22:55

In article <13e2mte3lbth5c9@corp.supernews.com>,
mbstevens <NOXwebmasterx@xmbstevensx.com> wrote:

> 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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dorayme

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