Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 15:50:26 -0500 (EST) From: Jocelyn G Subject: BLAGUES-L: Double Positive A linguistics professor was lecturing to his class one day. "In English," he said, "a double negative forms a positive. In some languages though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative. However," he pointed out, "there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative." A voice from the back of the room piped up, "Yeah, Right!"