Let’s see…“I don’t have no insurance” means you have insurance!“Don’t never talk back to me” means it’s ok to talk back!.If flammable means it will burn, inflammable should mean it won’t burn. We screwed this up so badly, now we must say it is non-inflammable if it won’t burn which actually means it will burn! BTW, if you look up the prefix “in”, you will find it means “not”…
TREEINTHEWIND over 9 years ago
Only if they are diametrically opposed in the proper juxtaposition…………….
eepatt over 9 years ago
Two negatives make a positive in the English language(not in Russian!). Do two positives make a negative? “Yeah. Sure.”
cubswin2016 over 9 years ago
Only in multiplication. Definitely not in life.
Charlie Fogwhistle over 9 years ago
Depends. Is that addition or multiplication?
DaveBNM over 9 years ago
Dividing two negatives gives the same sign result.
Brian G Premium Member over 9 years ago
and that’s not nothing!
neverenoughgold over 9 years ago
Let’s see…“I don’t have no insurance” means you have insurance!“Don’t never talk back to me” means it’s ok to talk back!.If flammable means it will burn, inflammable should mean it won’t burn. We screwed this up so badly, now we must say it is non-inflammable if it won’t burn which actually means it will burn! BTW, if you look up the prefix “in”, you will find it means “not”…
Chris Sherlock over 9 years ago
Well, math’s not everybody’s best subject.
whiteaj over 9 years ago
So non-inflammable means…