A linguistics professor was lecturing his class. “In English,” he explained, “a double negative forms a positive. In some languages, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However,” the professor continued, “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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MEHAK
July 6, 2000, 6:58pm
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Ashif
December 8, 2002, 1:18pm
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me either not got the point, plz rexplain the last line
Gizzy
December 8, 2002, 3:09pm
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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Ashif: *
me either not got the point, plz rexplain the last line
[/QUOTE]
This is what the professor said:
[quote]
"there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative."
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And then... ~~~>: A voice from the back of the room piped up. "Yeah, right."
Yeah ==> positive
Right ==> positive
---------------------- +
Yeah, right ==> negative
So... double positive forming a negative!!! Get it?
monasha
December 8, 2002, 4:28pm
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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Gizzy: *
This is what the professor said:
And then... ~~~>: A voice from the back of the room piped up. "Yeah, right."
Yeah ==> positive
Right ==> positive
---------------------- +
Yeah, right ==> negative
So... double positive forming a negative!!! Get it?
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ooooooooooooooooooooohhhhh ok ok
Re: Double positive=a negative???
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