You are right! TYPO! On 8/10/11 6:14 PM, Delphine Ménard wrote: > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:20 PM, Jimmy Wales<jwa...@wikia-inc.com> wrote: >> It would be, if that's what it were about. But I can say with >> confidence that at the board meeting, no one spoke about any ideas even >> remotely similar to this, and I can't think of a single board member who >> disagrees one bit with the idea that chapters should be directed or >> controlled in a top-down fashion as "franchises" or anything similar. > > OK, I've read this sentence five times now, and this is what I read: > > "Board members agree that chapters should be directed or controlled in > a top-down fashion as franchises" > > I think there is a double negative here that is saying the opposite of > what you meant to say. > > Should not the sentence be: > "I can't think of a single board member who *agrees* one bit with the > idea that chapters should be directed or controlled in a top-down > fashion as "franchises" or anything similar? > > Or has my English played a trick on me? > > Thanks, > > Delphine > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >
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