grammar

Kephart, Ronald rkephart at unf.edu
Mon May 14 12:47:39 UTC 2007


On 5/14/07 8:23 AM, "Robert Lawless" <robert.lawless at wichita.edu> wrote:

> When asked in Iowa how much longer the public will have patience with the
> war in Iraq, Sen. Sam Brownback responded, "Not much longer, I don't
> think." Aside from the unintentional confession, what's the function of the
> second negative?

Negative agreement.

Ron



More information about the Linganth mailing list