On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:34 AM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > Double negatives always obfuscate the intended meaning. Why say with two > negatives that which you can say with one positive?
Because words are not created equally. If the use of two negative words conveys the intended meaning more fully and richly than a single positive then it should be preferred. Obviously that will not always be the case, which is why double negatives are not always used. That does not mean that they are inappropriate, however. If you can say what you mean with one positive, then economy of words dictates that you should choose that route. If a different structure expresses the meaning more fully, then that structure should be chosen. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:296885 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
