Timeline for Are double negatives ever appropriate in English?
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| Sep 10, 2014 at 13:45 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | In an old episode of Family Ties, when Mallory had just started dating Nick and her parents were quite ambivalent about it, Stephen and Nick discuss the prospect of Nick not dating Mallory. Stephen then tells Nick something along the lines of, “As far as not dating Mallory is concerned, we as her parents cannot but feel that we cannot tell you not to not stop not continuing not to do that.” Nick replies, “So, hypothetically, if I wanted to date Mallory, what would happen?”, to which Stephen concedes, “I have no idea”. There’s a reason multiple negatives rarely go beyond threes. ;-) | |
| Jun 27, 2011 at 21:07 | vote | accept | Daniel | ||
| Jun 27, 2011 at 10:49 | comment | added | user9682 | So are double positives, "Yeah, right." :) | |
| Jun 27, 2011 at 3:39 | history | edited | Cerberus - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 27, 2011 at 2:50 | history | edited | Cerberus - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 27, 2011 at 2:36 | history | answered | Cerberus - Reinstate Monica | CC BY-SA 3.0 |