Old 11-07-15 | 03:53 PM
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habilis
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Originally Posted by DMC707
Yes --- double negatives irritate me too
It's not a double negative, just a (technical) misuse of the third-person plural. Believe it or not, refined English-speakers once used it this way, and it was considered correct. They also said "ain't," and the King of England "et" his dinner every night. Everybody speaks a dialect. Whether one dialect is better than another is subjective, and it changes with the times. Want to hear something close to Shakespearean English? Visit the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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