@spujb@lemmy.cafe to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish • edit-26 months agoit could happen to you rulelemmy.cafeimagemessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up1709arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1708arrow-down1imageit could happen to you rulelemmy.cafe@spujb@lemmy.cafe to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish • edit-26 months agomessage-square143fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNeatolinkfedilinkEnglish3•6 months agoI’ve always got to invert the double negatives to parse crap like this: I probably would use an instance if it was federated to Threads. Not exactly the same meaning, but it gets you on the right side of the negatives.
minus-square@SwagGaribaldi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•6 months agoYup, that’s what I meant, but like you said, it doesn’t carry the exact same meaning if I wrote it like that
minus-square@ProgrammingSockslink1•5 months agoI understood the meaning. I was clarifying the point OP was trying to make because I 100% disagree with it as worded.
minus-square@h14h@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoBest way to address this is to reword a bit: I probably would not use avoid using an instance that wasn’t federated to Threads Using “not” twice in a single sentence is generally something worth avoiding IMO.
Wasn’t federated, or was federated?
I’ve always got to invert the double negatives to parse crap like this:
Not exactly the same meaning, but it gets you on the right side of the negatives.
Yup, that’s what I meant, but like you said, it doesn’t carry the exact same meaning if I wrote it like that
I understood the meaning. I was clarifying the point OP was trying to make because I 100% disagree with it as worded.
Best way to address this is to reword a bit:
Using “not” twice in a single sentence is generally something worth avoiding IMO.