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>>>.. "Mr Jones was not incompetent" (taken from the Wikepedia article on double negatives found here)....>>>>

...but these examples prove the so-called 'rule.' The double negative is not intended to emphasize negativity. The two negatives do indeed add up to a positive: 'Mr Jones is competent.'


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