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188 Fumblerules ("Don't use no double negatives", etc.) (Miscellany - alt.usage.english)




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This article is from the alt.usage.english FAQ, by Mark Israel misrael@scripps.edu with numerous contributions by others.

188 Fumblerules ("Don't use no double negatives", etc.) (Miscellany - alt.usage.english)


"Fumblerules" was the title of a 1990 book by William Safire
containing such rules, but it seems these rules should actually be
credited to George L. Trigg. For the rules and their provenance,
see <http://www.amherst.edu/~writing/tips.html>.

 

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