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minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down30·5 months agophobic + ban = double negative
minus-squareIcalasari@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up28·5 months agoNo it isn’t, that’s like saying, “Don’t feel sad” is a double negative A double negative is something like, “Don’t not do that”
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down27·5 months agoHonestly, I’m reading it as a triple negative. I wasn’t planning on nitpicking it, but “force through” falls under the negative category for me.
minus-squareSreudianFlip@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down3·5 months agoNo. Phobic describes the motivation for the act, which is a ban.
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down24·5 months agoPhobia is a noun… https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phobia Honestly I don’t care, English language is pretty convoluted as it is…
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoThat’s cool, he didn’t say phobia, he said phobic
minus-squareValthorn@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoPhobia is a noun. Phobic is an adjective. I also guess since your comment has a negative number of votes, that counts as negation to your statement, so you do care and English is straightforward to you.
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-25 months ago“Phobic” isn’t even in the title “Anti-trans ban” is pretty simple, honestly. You want obnoxious English, just read The Chaos: https://ncf.idallen.com/english.html
phobic + ban = double negative
No it isn’t, that’s like saying, “Don’t feel sad” is a double negative
A double negative is something like, “Don’t not do that”
Honestly, I’m reading it as a triple negative. I wasn’t planning on nitpicking it, but “force through” falls under the negative category for me.
No.
Phobic describes the motivation for the act, which is a ban.
Phobia is a noun…
https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phobia
Honestly I don’t care, English language is pretty convoluted as it is…
That’s cool, he didn’t say phobia, he said phobic
Phobia is a noun. Phobic is an adjective. I also guess since your comment has a negative number of votes, that counts as negation to your statement, so you do care and English is straightforward to you.
Hate motivated ban
“Phobic” isn’t even in the title
“Anti-trans ban” is pretty simple, honestly.
You want obnoxious English, just read The Chaos: https://ncf.idallen.com/english.html