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Re: Dark Gray Tanker
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Fri, 21 Jan 2000 21:04:44 GMT
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Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:3888BDAD.7AAE@mindspring.com...
> No, a double negative would be "I wouldn't not use Brasso just because
> it might dull the parts a bit."
I have never heard anyone use a double negative like that. Almost always, a
double negative takes form where the don't is in front of the verb, followed
by the verb and then a second negative in the predicate. Here are two
examples I have caught our temporary secretary using recently:
"He don't want no money"
"We don't know nothin."
When our normal secretary is off of maternity leave, I will be blessed again
to have intelligent help.
Mike Poindexter
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) I've heard the above double-negative form used quite often--but it's usually combined with a modulation or inflection, where the NOT is stressed to set it in opposition to an assertion made immediately prior, such as: Person A: "I wouldn't (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: Dark Gray Tanker
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| (...) Erm, this IS .fun, right? So I can nitpick?? Yes? thanks. Well, then... I think "off of" is incorrect usage in this context. RWRATP(1), but I think it is just "is off maternity leave". Me, I get confused, so I would have written it as "has (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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