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From: jnettles@bcsaic.UUCP (jamie nettles)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: English decaying
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Date: Fri, 15-Nov-85 16:45:17 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 15 16:45:17 1985
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Kenneth Adam Arromdee writes:

>"Isn't that a chrysanthemum"
>"Is that a chrysanthemum"
>are two sentences that at first glance seem to mean the opposite, but
>they don't. Perhaps this is similar.

Each sentence has a perfectly logical and distinct meaning -
Is is not true that ...
Is it true that ...
The difficulty comes in the answer. If it is true that that is a
chrysanthemum, then the typical answer to both questions is "Yes"!