Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!ut-ngp!utastro!bill From: bill@utastro.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: Ree: Double negatives, and Russian Message-ID: <489@utastro.UUCP> Date: Fri, 29-Jul-83 13:37:16 EDT Article-I.D.: utastro.489 Posted: Fri Jul 29 13:37:16 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Aug-83 12:56:17 EDT References: ihnss.1619 Lines: 16 Who the hell wants to compute parities in their heads in realtime? I HATE sentences in Enlgish like "...this criticism was not undeserved" or even "...it is unlikely that this criticism was not undeserved" (yes, I really saw that TRIPLE job recently in a book review).. So do I! Especially when they can be avoided by simple rewording. If my parity count of the negatives in that last abomination is correct, "...this criticism was probably undeserved" is much better. Bill (not afraid to defend English from the Philistines) Jefferys Astronomy Dept, University of Texas, Austin TX 78712 (Snail) kpno!utastro!bill (uucp) utastro!bill@utexas-11 (ARPA)