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Old 02-04-2025, 11:13 AM   #37898
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
English grammar doesn't follow boolean logic. Repeated negatives are for emphasis.

"never, never" is just an emphatic way to say "never".
I have my doubts?

I can see "I take it you have never, never visited Japan?" as being acceptable.

and

"I take it you have never ever visited Japan?"

But "I take it you have never never visited Japan?" isn't proper grammar. I'm guessing my grammar school teacher would have rapped my knuckles if I used that phrase.

I could be wrong.
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