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Somewhat tangentially, when you say, “no, but …” and you are actually agreeing, what is that called? I expand this in my mind to, “no, they are not the same, bu
by imoverclocked 5y ago
Somewhat tangentially, when you say, “no, but …” and you are actually agreeing, what is that called? I expand this in my mind to, “no, they are not the same, but …” while I would expect “yes, but …” to be the actual form of agreement.
- selimthegrim 5y agoI think German has a particle (doch) to alleviate this
- karatinversion 5y agoEarly Modern English used “nay” to reply to positive questions, and “no” to negative questions, too. And I think in French you answer a negative question positively with “si” rather than “oui”.