tsuica@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoI love it when I have to scream at a computerlemmy.worldimagemessage-square187fedilinkarrow-up11.67Karrow-down119
arrow-up11.65Karrow-down1imageI love it when I have to scream at a computerlemmy.worldtsuica@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square187fedilink
minus-squaretreesquid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year 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.