minus-squaretreesquid@lemmy.worldtoProgrammer Humor@lemmy.ml•I love it when I have to scream at a computerlinkfedilinkarrow-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. linkfedilink
“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.