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To: MarvinStinson
“Senator Paul, with all due respect, you are entirely and completely incorrect that the NIH has not ever and does not now fund ‘gain of function’ research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology,” Fauci said in the fiery Senate hearing on May 11.

Ahhh, the magic of double negatives.

The problem is you sometimes can't stop using them.

6 posted on 05/30/2021 12:02:28 PM PDT by MurrietaMadman (Keep in mind, the Gates of hell shall not prevail against you.)
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To: MurrietaMadman

The is no such error of using a double negative in language; even Billy Shakespeare used them. Where the misconception comes from is in the field of mathematics, where a double negative produces a positive.


27 posted on 05/30/2021 12:50:05 PM PDT by Xa Shue
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