A linguistics professor was lecturing to his class one day.
“In English, “he said, “A double negative forms a positive. In some languages, though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative. “
A voice from the back of the room piped up, “Yeah, right. “
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