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  1. Thread: The Pole

    by Mr Punch
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    'the fact that you are not trolling' - therefore...

    'the fact that you are not trolling' - therefore it is a fact that this person is not a troll

    'no one on this forum will deny' - to deny that fact in this case but be to claim that the person is a...
  2. Thread: The Pole

    by Mr Punch
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    Now we're getting to the nitty-gritty!

    Allow me to step in as senior grammatician!

    This means that everybody is sure that he is not a troll.

    It's not in fact even a double negative, technically. Negatives in the sense of double...
  3. Thread: The Pole

    by Mr Punch
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    Thanks for the posts, everyone.

    Some interesting stuff on this thread.

    Benny, don't get too hung up on the 'not using muscle' thing. I don't think Ali means he uses no muscle at all: of course you need muscle to even just stand...
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