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And no, it isn't.Originally posted by SimonNo7 View PostWell he did say positive twice. Oh no a double positive, that's a negative isn't it?
It's like that story someone like Stephen Fry tells about a professor lecturing his students about a difference between Russian and English. In English a double negative is a positive but in Russian it's a negative (with the double for emphasis).
"But there's no language where a double positive makes a negative."
A voice from the back of the lecture hall:
"Yeah, right.".
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Originally posted by Neil Young View PostAnd no, it isn't.
It's like that story someone like Stephen Fry tells about a professor lecturing his students about a difference between Russian and English. In English a double negative is a positive but in Russian it's a negative (with the double for emphasis).
"But there's no language where a double positive makes a negative."
A voice from the back of the lecture hall:
"Yeah, right."
Do you think that really happened?
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So he was being positive thenOriginally posted by Neil Young View PostAnd no, it isn't.
It's like that story someone like Stephen Fry tells about a professor lecturing his students about a difference between Russian and English. In English a double negative is a positive but in Russian it's a negative (with the double for emphasis).
"But there's no language where a double positive makes a negative."
A voice from the back of the lecture hall:
"Yeah, right."
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Not in British English, a double negative is still acceptable as a negative.Originally posted by topscorer View PostA double positive is still positive, however a double negative is a positive
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