Double positives can't make a negative?
A linguistics professor was lecturing 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 loud voice from the back of the room piped up, 'Yeah, right.'
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Posted: 2010-02-06 02:19:49
Psst.
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rofl, had to think but i got it. Yeah = pos. Right = pos. But its sarcasm = negative
