The double positive

THE Professor
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A linguistics professor was lecturing to his class one day. 
"In English," he said, "A double negative forms a positive.  

In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is 
still a negative.  However, there is no language wherein a double 
positive  can form a negative." 

A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, right."


 

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