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(...) Is this the five-minute session, or the full half-hour? LFB (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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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 (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Polyolfactory? Ya know, I think we have one of these out at Dow...<grin> James (URL) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3888BDAD.7AAE@m...ing.com... (...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Omniescent -adj. 1) having the ability to smell all things at once 2) the ability to smell like all things - Synonyms: polyolfactory, multifragrant ;-D heh heh heh. -Adam (26 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) No, a double negative would be "I wouldn't not use Brasso just because it might dull the parts a bit." (26 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) 2, apparently. :) (...) (26 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) All of them, at once. If you leave it out long enough to mold. However it forms 10 wide bricks so you may be out of luck. (26 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Hmmm....I wonder if I could use corrugated spamcake for the sides of my passenger trains... What colors does it come in? -John (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Ewww I'd never leave my unprotected scalp next to spamcake for that long. Spamcake has been shown to emit various radiations. -Tom McD. when replying, stay further away from the spamcake mutant, corduroy spamcake, recognizable by its (...) (26 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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