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Negation is the process that turns an affirmative statement (e.g. "I am American") into its opposite denial (e.g. "I am not American").
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What exactly is meant by "This is not to say it's not a bad system"?
You are correct in that the two negatives roughly cancel each other out. Literally speaking, though, what it means is the speaker is not about to "say" (i.e. voice his/her opinion) that "it is not a b …
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