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To: Sacajaweau

Double negative equals a positive. Is she in actuality saying, “Of course I leaked.”


27 posted on 04/04/2017 7:02:50 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: NetAddicted
Two negatives can also be a way of emphasizing a negative which is the case in that sentence.

There is a long dissertation on one of the Dictionary/grammar sites explaining how it works.

28 posted on 04/04/2017 11:22:20 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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