Date:  Sun, 16 Nov 1997 13:40:22 -0600
From:  "Donald M. Lance" <engdl[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SHOWME.MISSOURI.EDU>
Subject: Re: Double Negatives

> It might be of some help to remember the remarks by Robert Lowth.

>if I
>remember correctly. I believe double negatives gradually came to be
>accepted as affirmative between 1500 to 1650.

Yes, we should remember others' mistakes as well as their wisdom.