Post #1069762
2026-04-09 09:59 UTC
On misnegation and overnegation and how they can trip up writers:
https://blog.oup.com/2026/03/implicit-negation-is-easy-to-miss/
Battistella's piece cites this post of mine on misnegation and why it shouldn't be overestimated, I mean underestimated: https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2018/11/19/misnegation-should-not-be-overestimated-i-mean-underestimated/
#language #semantics #writing #WritingCommunity #negation #linguistics
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