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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Is this double negative?

There was no other Joseph in the family of the king, neither living nor dead. Or should it be either living or dead? Thanks in advance for your help!
  

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Anonymous Or should it be either living or dead? That seems logically better, but I am not troubled by the original. There was no other Joseph in the family of the king...

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous Or should it be either living or dead?
  • That seems logically better, but I am not troubled by the original.
  • There was no other Joseph in the family of the king...
  • There was neither a living nor dead Joseph.
  • There was no other Joseph in the family of the king...
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AnonymousOr should it be either living or dead?
That seems logically better, but I am not troubled by the original.

There was no other Joseph in the family of the king... There was neither a living nor dead Joseph.
There was no other Joseph in the family of the king... There was no Joseph either living or dead.
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