Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covid-19

Re:Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covi... by nicwolff on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @11:40AM (#24848892)

It's the rhetorical figure called "litotes" and has been common in many languages now and throughout linguistic history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litotes

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Re:Cognitive deficits in people who have recovered from Covi... by dempseye on Thursday October 22, 2020 @03:42AM (#24855759)

I am aware. I was not saying that this is a characteristic of the English language, merely that it is more commonly use in the English spoken in England than in the United States, for example.

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