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Jun. 23rd, 2005 09:13 am
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The publisher does not warrant this guide is without neither error nor a comprehensive guide to visitor facilities.

Usually I'm quite capable of mentally striking out double negatives until I'm left with what the sentence actually says, but this one has me foxed: I don't think it's written in English.
It comes from a leaflet about Isaac's Tea Trail, which otherwise looks like a very pleasant walk, loosely attached to an interesting historical figure.

Date: 2005-06-23 09:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] profane-stencil.livejournal.com
I'm glad you did not post this quote without an explanation, or I would not have spent not quite a bit of time trying to figure out what is not meant.

Date: 2005-06-23 10:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] samarcand.livejournal.com
There are either too many words or not enough. Or alternatively, there are not neither too many words nor not enough.

Date: 2005-06-23 11:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] samarcand.livejournal.com
That's right! I'm back and I'm pissed off!

Wll, not really but "I'm back and I'm eating an apple whilst reading 'All The Rage'" doesn't sound as good...

Date: 2005-06-24 05:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sekhmets-song.livejournal.com
Wow, people who produce the written word as their business ought to be better in, well, using them.

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