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An English language professor from New Zealand, teaching a tertiary class in Washington, DC.

"Whereas there are many examples in the English language of a double negative implying a positive, the reverse cannot apply. A double positive cannot, and will not, be taken to denote a negative."

From the back of the classroom

"Yeah, right........"

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