[Ads-l] Freudian hypernegation?

[Mark Mandel]

Or just ungrammaticality. I doubt that that individual is even aware of the
concept of double (or more-uple) negation.

MAM


On Thu, Oct 3, 2019, 11:46 AM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:

> https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/us/politics/trump-china-bidens.html
>
> Mr. Trump has defended his conversation with Mr. Zelensky as “perfect”
> even after a rough transcript of the call was released that showed him
> seeking help from Ukraine in investigating the Bidens. And he doubled down
> on his request on Thursday.
>
> “I would say that President Zelensky, if it were me, I would recommend
> that they start an investigation into the Bidens,” Mr. Trump said. “Because
> nobody has any doubt that they weren’t crooked.”
>
> I certainly have no such doubt.
>
> LH
>

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