BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoHappy Labour Day to people who are not landlords.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square421fedilinkarrow-up11.59Karrow-down1237
arrow-up11.35Karrow-down1imageHappy Labour Day to people who are not landlords.lemmy.worldBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square421fedilink
minus-squaredigdug@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down12·1 year agoI had to read it a half dozen times to figure out what it meant. My favorite thought before I realized the use of the double negative was superfluous: “What’s a no grill?”
minus-squareHot Saucerman@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoI guess the Rolling Stones should have their top hits rescinded for double negatives then? It can’t be a top hit, it has bad grammar! Should we rewrite “I can’t get no satisfaction” as “I cannot get satisfaction” to remove the double negative and the contraction? What even is this nonsense. You must be fun at parties.
I had to read it a half dozen times to figure out what it meant. My favorite thought before I realized the use of the double negative was superfluous:
“What’s a no grill?”
I guess the Rolling Stones should have their top hits rescinded for double negatives then? It can’t be a top hit, it has bad grammar!
Should we rewrite “I can’t get no satisfaction” as “I cannot get satisfaction” to remove the double negative and the contraction?
What even is this nonsense. You must be fun at parties.