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Can you negate a positive without implying the opposite?
negation
litotes
Euphemism for "non-useful"
single-word-requests
adjectives
negation
euphemisms
litotes
Does litotes need to be negative?
grammar
figures-of-speech
litotes
Litotes: Always for Emphasis? Used for Non-committal Hedging? Any Authoritative Source?
negation
figures-of-speech
rhetoric
litotes
Usage and example of the word “litotes”
word-usage
rhetoric
litotes
"It cannot be too firmly realised"?
expressions
phrase-meaning
negation
litotes
Double negation and litotes
negation
litotes
"Not once he would" vs. "not once would he"
adverbs
word-order
negation
subject-verb-inversion
litotes
Are "not uncommon" and similar phrases double negatives? Should their use be avoided?
usage
negation
double-negation
litotes
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