From: Bruce Hill <daddy@happypenguincomputers.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo-systemd-only deprecation
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 15:05:43 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130731200543.GL1010@server> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ktbl68$jf5$1@ger.gmane.org>
On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 06:31:36PM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote:
>
> In standard, formal English, that's correct.
>
> However, in some English dialects, a double-negatve does not equate to
> a positive. A double negative is simply a stronger negative. For
> example, "don't do nothing" is a stronger, more emphatic version of
> "don't do anything". Languages like that have "negative concord".
> Old and Middle English were that way, and some modern dialects of
> English are that way.
This is incorrect -- "don't do nothing", do not _do_nothing_ means "do _something_", and "don't do
anything" means just what it says, "Do not do _anything_".
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting
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Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-28 8:22 [gentoo-user] gentoo-systemd-only deprecation Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-29 3:30 ` [gentoo-user] " »Q«
2013-07-29 11:04 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2013-07-30 7:04 ` Pavel Volkov
2013-07-31 18:28 ` Michael Palimaka
2013-07-30 7:09 ` [gentoo-user] " Pavel Volkov
2013-07-30 7:47 ` Pavel Volkov
2013-07-30 16:17 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-30 17:53 ` covici
2013-07-30 18:06 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-30 22:04 ` covici
2013-07-30 22:40 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 6:24 ` Daniel Campbell
2013-07-31 7:00 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-08-01 9:43 ` Walter Dnes
2013-08-01 16:15 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-08-02 5:18 ` covici
2013-07-31 11:34 ` Tanstaafl
2013-07-31 12:22 ` Neil Bothwick
2013-07-31 12:30 ` Tanstaafl
2013-07-31 12:41 ` Yohan Pereira
2013-07-31 15:24 ` Tanstaafl
2013-07-31 15:36 ` [gentoo-user] " »Q«
2013-07-31 17:45 ` Neil Bothwick
2013-08-01 10:24 ` [gentoo-user] " Walter Dnes
2013-08-01 11:15 ` Neil Bothwick
2013-08-01 15:46 ` [gentoo-user] " »Q«
2013-08-01 16:06 ` Neil Bothwick
2013-07-31 15:20 ` [gentoo-user] " Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 15:26 ` Tanstaafl
2013-07-31 15:36 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2013-07-31 15:36 ` [gentoo-user] " Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 17:23 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-07-31 17:56 ` Stroller
2013-07-31 18:09 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 18:21 ` Bruce Hill
2013-07-31 18:24 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 18:59 ` Stroller
2013-07-31 19:03 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 19:09 ` Stroller
2013-07-31 20:02 ` Bruce Hill
2013-07-31 18:31 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2013-07-31 20:05 ` Bruce Hill [this message]
2013-07-31 18:54 ` [gentoo-user] " Stroller
2013-07-31 19:09 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 19:39 ` Stroller
2013-07-31 19:28 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-07-31 22:28 ` Stroller
2013-07-31 19:36 ` Neil Bothwick
2013-07-31 18:09 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-07-31 18:22 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 18:35 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 20:07 ` Bruce Hill
2013-07-31 18:54 ` Stroller
2013-07-31 19:38 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-07-31 21:22 ` Stroller
2013-07-31 21:43 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-07-31 22:25 ` Stroller
2013-08-01 6:12 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-08-01 0:09 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2013-07-31 18:13 ` [gentoo-user] " Yohan Pereira
2013-07-31 15:45 ` Yohan Pereira
2013-07-31 16:49 ` Tanstaafl
2013-07-31 16:46 ` Michael Orlitzky
2013-07-30 16:16 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-08-02 9:10 ` Poncho
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