Hello, please help me understand following.
“We’re not not close”
What does this double negative imply?
That they are close or that they are not.
Help understanding sentence
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Re: Help understanding sentence
If by "not close" you mean "distant"...
then logically it implies:
We're not distant (ie We are close)
then logically it implies:
We're not distant (ie We are close)