10-24-2008, 09:42 PM
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#366 (permalink)
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Join Date: Sep 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Unfan
The double negative rule doesn't cancel prefixes as a prefix doesn't change the definitive phrasing of a word, it makes a new word in its place. "Disagree" isn't the "negative" of agree.
To parse his sentence another way what he said would mean "I am not convinced that you're wrong." which is in no way a double negative and doesn't necessarily mean he agrees.
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AAAAAAAAA ~ look it up. i think i found it in Intro to Logic, Chap 1, but i also read the prefaces to textbooks, so it might have been there.
And even if it sounds like bragging, i aced Logic in college, and on the little test the free uni gives you before you start the course.
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