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Wenxinchew Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

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I don't deny that I am pretty.

This sentence means I am pretty or I am not pretty? It's very confusing.
  

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It means that you are pretty and you agree with it since you didn't deny it.

— Xavierry

  • It means that you are pretty and you agree with it since you didn't deny it.
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It means that you are pretty and you agree with it since you didn't deny it.
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I am pretty -- clear enough, right?
I deny that I am pretty -- I say that I am NOT pretty.
I do not deny that I am pretty -- I do NOT say that I am NOT pretty.

In this case, the double negative makes a positive. I believe I am pretty.
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