Obviously if it were 'It's not polite to chew with your mouth open, is it?' 'No' woud clearly affirm.
No, it's not. Because then you could respond either 'yes' or 'it's not' & that makes no sense.
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I will step in here to adjucate on this matter: Helen, you are wrong as far a logic is concerned.
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I am? Logically, a positive should confirm a negative?
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Yep. Consider that you are assigning a truth value to a statement.
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I once looked up how many languages affirm a negative with a negative to prove it listed English to someone who doubted & it is a minority.
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A minority? I think it must come either from repeating the statement (shortened to yes/no) or answering an implies ",is it?" question.
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We could end this all by banning negative questions.
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Yes, that would be one of the first laws I'd pass, with a 3 strikes then life in jail rules.
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Why are we arguing over this? Just accept that, in the ideal world, I'm right and I accept that in the world we live in, you're right? Deal?
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"Arguing" too strong a word. "Discussing such a trivial matter" would have been better. (You're still wrong though)
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