tsuica@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoI love it when I have to scream at a computerlemmy.worldimagemessage-square172fedilinkarrow-up11.74Karrow-down121
arrow-up11.71Karrow-down1imageI love it when I have to scream at a computerlemmy.worldtsuica@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 10 months agomessage-square172fedilink
minus-squaretreesquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months ago“No, don’t [do that]” is not a double negative, it’s just two independent negatives in a row, they don’t affect each other. A double negative would be like “don’t not do that” which will mean “do not fail to do that” to most people.
“No, don’t [do that]” is not a double negative, it’s just two independent negatives in a row, they don’t affect each other. A double negative would be like “don’t not do that” which will mean “do not fail to do that” to most people.