Poll: Can you pinpoint Afghanistan on a world map?

[Demon-Xanth]

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<< There was a congressman that didn't know that New Mexico wasn't part of Mexico. >>



Thats a double negative. >>



No, it is correct. The congressman didn't know the fact: "New Mexico wasn't part of Mexico"

If it were a double negative it would be corrected as:
The congressman knows that New Mexico is part of Mexico

That doesn't mean the same thing. If one negative was taken out it would read as:
The congressman knows that New Mexico wasn't a part of Mexico
or
The congressman didn't know that New Mexico is a part of Mexico

Neither is correct. Only the original statement is. (A-B)+(C-D) isn't the same as (A+B)+(C+D). The negatives refer to different objects or actions.

 

[Wallydraigle]

All maps and globes are flawed representations of earth anyway, so what does it matter?

 

[Aelus]

I knew i should have shut up

Aelus