
“I’m lecturing my class last week. In the English language, I tell them, a double negative forms a positive. However, in some languages, such as Russian, a double negative remains a negative. But there isn’t a single language, not one, in which a double positive can express a negative. And I hear a voice from the back of the room: ‘Yeah, right.â€� ”
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Flirting with French: How a Language Charmed Me, Seduced Me, and Nearly Broke My Heart
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