Region Philbis wrote:Quote:You ain't fooling nobody.
Quote:If we are agreeing to disagree, then we are not disagreeing.
my my, aren't we double-negative happy today?
(not to say that that isn't a disagreeable way not to disagree...)
The double negative in the first example is one of that class of honourable double negatives, used for emphasis, that one may find in much great writing, including Shakespeare.
The second is used as normal, and points out a paradoxical impasse, oh Germ.