Talk:Rangers Standing Orders
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don't never lie?
isn't that saying you should lie to a ranger the double negative cancels each other out
The rules are in the language as they are used. Do we "fix" song lyrics that have bad grammar as well?
Aversion to double negatives is uncommon in most languages, and was not always an issue even in standard English. It comes from a questionable attempt to apply rules of logic to natural language. Using two negatives is a natural way to emphasize the negative, that's way children do it automatically until they're taught that it's incorrect.
