There is an old joke:<BR><BR>A linguistics professor told his class "in English, a double negative forms a positive. In some languages though, such as Russian, a double negative is still a negative.

People sometimes try to avoid negative feedback in the workplace and clamor for positive input. But criticism is just as important to the success of a company as positive feedback. Learn to use ...

"Aren't you coming too?" "Yes...I mean, no? I mean, yes, I'm coming." When answering a normal, positive question, you're unlikely to fumble around like this. If the question is "are you coming too?" ...