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Originally Posted by pdurrant
Too many people assuming that the rules of Boolean logic apply to English. They don't. In English double negatives are often used for emphasis.
However, the use of double negatives in English is now generally considered improper, and is occasionally ambiguous.
So don't use no double negatives. 
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Yes, logic =/ meaning in language
Sad that double negatives have begun to be improper in English - they can be quite meaningful in a subtle way.