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Re:Creaky Voice: Another Example of Young Women's Linguistic... by MattDL on Wednesday May 29, 2013 @12:16PM (#5787148)
I'd like to point out that as far as I'm aware modern French speakers rarely use ne pas and favour simply using pas to indicate a negative.

Not to mean that says anything about double negatives, but French probably shouldn't be used as an example of them.

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Re:Creaky Voice: Another Example of Young Women's Linguistic... by Cushman on Wednesday May 29, 2013 @12:21PM (#5787190)
Thanks for the note! Although I don't think it makes it a bad example, there's no requirement that a double construction always be used in order to count. It being perceived as correct when used is enough.
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