Please answer just "yes" or "no" to this and then tell us what your answer really means: "Is it not a lovely day?"
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its night time.....
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no. it means that my general feeling for this very day is not such that I could enjoy it beyond average and would not like to repeat it if I was given the chance.
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Yes - yes, it is! It's a way of wording a question that can be read in the negative or the positive, depending on your interpretation! Colloquially and broadly used in Ireland for its poetic meter, it could be argued that it's grammatically incorrect - but it is lovely! Where you DRd for this? Why? It's a lovely question!
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Yes, yes it is not a lovely day.
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Yes. For early February in England it has been a lovely day.
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Yes. When I looked out of the window this morning, I thought it was a lovely day. The sky's more blue than I've seen it in ages. God. The double negative confused me. I feel stupid now :|
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Yes!Cold,overcast,windy with a chance for a date with my husband;)
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Yes. I really enjoy watching snow fall.
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If the double negative "Is it not a lovely day?" is answered yes, that means that it isn't a lovely day. But answered no, it means it is a lovely day. Strangely enough though when people want to agree to this statement they say yes!
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