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10-15-2011, 01:39 AM
For homework, an English teacher in Russia asked the class to write a sentence about what they would do that evening. The next day, she asked each student to read their sentence.
One student said, "Last night, I took my girlfriend out to eat at a restaurant that was not inexpensive.
The teacher says, "That's a very good example of using two negatives to make a positive".
Another student asked, "In Russian, you can use two positives to make a negative, can you do that in English?"
The teacher thought for moment and said, "No, English doesn't have anything like that".
A student in the back looks up and says, "Yeah, right!"
The teacher thinks about what he said, turns red, and says, "OK, fine!"
One student said, "Last night, I took my girlfriend out to eat at a restaurant that was not inexpensive.
The teacher says, "That's a very good example of using two negatives to make a positive".
Another student asked, "In Russian, you can use two positives to make a negative, can you do that in English?"
The teacher thought for moment and said, "No, English doesn't have anything like that".
A student in the back looks up and says, "Yeah, right!"
The teacher thinks about what he said, turns red, and says, "OK, fine!"