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		MattDL on May 29, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Creaky Voice: Another Example of Young Women's Lin... I'd like to point out that as far as I'm aware modern French speakers rarely use ne pas and favour simply using pas to indicate a negative. Not to mean that says anything about double negatives, but French probably shouldn't be used as an example of them.

Cushman on May 29, 2013 [–]

Thanks for the note! Although I don't think it makes it a bad example, there's no requirement that a double construction always be used in order to count. It being perceived as correct when used is enough.

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