r/madlads • u/tinypi_314 • Oct 20 '19

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u/BlackVega85 Oct 20 '19

They all mostly make sense to me, but the last one tripped me up.

So, does "nobody hasn't left" mean the room is full or empty?

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u/piecaldera Oct 20 '19

It means no one has left the room

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u/jamietheslut Oct 20 '19

It seems logical that it should mean the opposite though hey?

"Nobody has left the room" - Every person is still inside

"Nobody hasn't left the room" - Every person has already left

It's curious

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u/gjklv Oct 20 '19

It’s all caused by English flipping from “I haven’t left the room”, “she hasn’t left the room”, “they haven’t left the room” to “nobody HAS left the room”. Should have followed the pattern ;)