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This thread's last reply is from August 6, 2009, 11:28 PM UTC. Software, malware, and removal-tool advice below may be out of date — treat specific steps and download links with caution.

tequesta
July 31, 2009, 2:39 PM UTC
Irregardless is my word. Hello people it is a double negative. Don't like no double negatives either.
ellipse
July 31, 2009, 7:47 PM UTC
"I'll take care of that right away", which has come to mean, "I'll get to it when I feel like it".
Angoid
August 2, 2009, 7:51 PM UTC
Irregardless is my word. Hello people it is a double negative. Don't like no double negatives either.

That's like "I haven't got no chocolate" .... well, if you've have NOT got NO chocolate, then you must have SOME chocolate, right? But yes, this is a grammatical error.

However, there is a clever use of double negatives called litotes, and that's when you say something like, "London is no small city". You emphasise the positive by saying it's not the negative. That's gramatically good and, used correctly, is a good little linguistic device.
tequesta
August 6, 2009, 1:28 AM UTC
Litotes:
"Angoid" wrote:You emphasise the positive by saying it's not the negative. That's gramatically good and, used correctly, is a good little linguistic device.




I couldn't disagree less.

:roll:

(double litotes)
Angoid
August 6, 2009, 7:00 AM UTC
(double litotes)

In other words, some bizarre kind of triple negative :lol:
tequesta
August 6, 2009, 11:28 PM UTC
"Angoid" wrote:kind of triple negative :lol:


Hat-Trick :cheers: