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Re:Show HN: I open sourced a game I just released on Steam, ... by Banana699 on Sunday May 23, 2021 @07:24PM (#27259556)
I think they didn't mean the double negative, since they continue with "both can be brought with libraries" which implies they are not included in the core language, which is the opposite of this doubly negated statment.
Re:Show HN: I open sourced a game I just released on Steam, ... by samatman on Monday May 24, 2021 @12:00AM (#27260975)
It's very likely, given the occasional dropped article, that the poster in question is not a native English speaker, and probably from a language where 'double negative' is agreement, as in "we don't need no education".
Re:Show HN: I open sourced a game I just released on Steam, ... by jmiskovic on Monday May 24, 2021 @04:15AM (#27262093)
You are correct that I'm not a native speaker, and also that my language uses double negatives. Alas, this mistake was due to editing small part of sentence and neglecting to re-read the whole thing. I won't try to avoid not making this error never again.
Re:Show HN: I open sourced a game I just released on Steam, ... by jmiskovic on Monday May 24, 2021 @03:41PM (#27268793)
Also, thanks for pointing out the dropped articles. The gmail spell checker often wants to insert those into my texts. While in most cases it felt they were not necessary, obviously the omission gets noticed.