Common English usage misconceptions: Difference between revisions

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'''Misconception:''' ''"[[Double negative]]" describes an incorrect usage.'' While some people use the term "double negative" only to refer to the [[nonstandard dialect|nonstandard]] use of a second negative to emphasise an already existing negation, the term can also refer to the usage of two negatives in an expression that can be interpreted as either a positive or a neutral statement, which is generally considered standard. For example, one could say "I am not unconvinced of that" to mean that one is convinced but with an emphasis on the absence of skepticism.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/double-negative|website = Lexico|publisher = Oxford|title = double negative}}</ref>

e indent is superfluous and can therefore be omitted."<ref name="Bringhurst 2005. p. 39"/>

==Typography==

'''Misconception:''' ''Every [[paragraph]] must be indented''. Professionally printed material does not always have an indented first paragraph. [[Robert Bringhurst]] states that we should "Set opening paragraphs flush left",<ref name="Bringhurst 2005. p. 39">[[#Bri05|Bringhurst 2005]]. p. 39.</ref> explaining as follows: "The function of a paragraph is to mark a pause, setting the paragraph apart from what precedes it. If a paragraph is preceded by a title or subhead, the indent is superfluous and can therefore be omitted."<ref name="Bringhurst 2005. p. 39"/>

==Usage==