A linguistics professor was explaining to his class how the use of the double negative varies in different languages. In English, the double negative results in a positive statement. This is not necessarily the case in other languages. But, he said, in no language does a double positive result in a negative. From the back of the class came a reply: "Yeah, right!"
Via Blogcritics.org: Straight Up with Jan Herman: October 03, 2003
Posted by Van der Leun at October 6, 2003 2:03 AM | TrackBack
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