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Does a double positive make a negative? The English professor says no, but ...

A linguistics professor was lecturing to his class one day about the fact that in many languages, such as English, a double negative forms a positive, while in other languages, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. “However,” he pointed out, “in no language can a double positive form a negative.”
A bored voice from the back of the room responded, “Yeah, yeah....”

Posted by Tom Raymond, aka Raynbow on 08/19 at 10:28 AM
 

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