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  2. Yes and no - Wikipedia

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    ' "not is" ') are in fact the affirmative and negative forms of the same verb 'हो' (ho; lit. ' "is" ') and hence is only used when the question asked contains said verb. [55] In other contexts, one must repeat the affirmative or negative forms of the verb being asked, for instance "तिमीले खाना खायौँ?"

  3. Affirmation and negation - Wikipedia

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    In linguistics and grammar, affirmation (abbreviated AFF) and negation (NEG) are ways in which grammar encodes positive and negative polarity into verb phrases, clauses, or other utterances. An affirmative (positive) form is used to express the validity or truth of a basic assertion, while a negative form expresses its falsity.

  4. Positive and negative (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, a form of questionnaire measuring psychological effects; Positive or negative externalities, economic activities; Positive and negative politeness, types of politeness strategies in politeness theory; Positive and negative value, ethic or philosophical values; Positive-negative film, prints

  5. 12 Common Types of Negative Work Feedback (& How To Give It)

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    For feedback, be it positive or negative, to be at the level where it can push, inspire, and positively challenge people, it needs to meet the following criteria: Specific and factual : Do not ...

  6. Litotes - Wikipedia

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    In rhetoric, litotes (/ l aɪ ˈ t oʊ t iː z, ˈ l aɪ t ə t iː z /, US: / ˈ l ɪ t ə t iː z /), [1] also known classically as antenantiosis or moderatour, is a figure of speech and form of irony in which understatement is used to emphasize a point by stating a negative to further affirm a positive, often incorporating double negatives for effect.

  7. 16 Things People With a Really Positive Outlook on Life Often ...

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    Showing that "every coin" is two-sided, meaning that "every" situation will always have a positive or negative outcome, depending on how you look at it. 3. "A problem is an opportunity."

  8. Sign (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    In a signed-digit representation, each digit of a number may have a positive or negative sign. In physics, any electric charge comes with a sign, either positive or negative. By convention, a positive charge is a charge with the same sign as that of a proton, and a negative charge is a charge with the same sign as that of an electron.

  9. Double negative - Wikipedia

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    Another argument used to support the position double negatives aren't acceptable is a mathematical analogy: negating a negative number results in a positive one; e.g., −(−2) = +2; therefore, it is argued, I did not go nowhere resolves to I went somewhere.