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A linguistics professor was lecturing to 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 voice from the back of the room piped up..."Yeah, right."
A linguistics professor was lecturing to 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 voice from the back of the room piped up..."Yeah, right."
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