How many of you read this as agreement or disagreement? 'It's not polite to eat with your mouth open' 'No.'
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Obviously if it were 'It's not polite to chew with your mouth open, is it?' 'No' woud clearly affirm.
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WRONG! The correct answer's "Yes" This is actually a pet peeve of mine. When someone asks a negative question, I say "correct" when agreeing
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Not historically but things change. English was one of the few languages that affirm a negative with a negative. Still does with questions.
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F**k history! The correct answer to affirming a negative is "yes". Saying "no" is as bad as saying "I didn't do nothing".
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Stupid backwards language. "You didn't kill that man" "No you're honour" "Did you kill that man?" "No you're honour" Well which is it?!?!?
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Depends whether its a positive or negative question. From BBC grammar guide.pic.twitter.com/1IS3SIxMsu
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I do not care. Its backwards and illogical. Two negatives make a positive (in this case).
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I use "correct" for that reason
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Does German affirm a negative statement with a negative?
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I think it's just as ambiguous in German as in English
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Yeah, that's confusing. I'd answer, "Right."
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Japanese does this the opposite way to English and now whenever anybody asks a negative question in either language I am completely clueless
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I have to add
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I hope not.
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No. I dare say dying is completely different.
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The few seconds in this movie, from 44:45 - 45:01, also comes to mind right now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDYpRhoZqBY&feature=youtu.be&t=2685 …
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In Korea, people often answer "yes" when I would expect a "no". Here, people will answer "yes" as in "yes to the no". Makes sense...
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Yes. I mean no. I mean maybe
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