[–] jrflowers 3y ago ↗ This reminds me of a fascinating phenomenon: Betteridge’s Law of Headlineshttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headline... [–] teppic 3y ago ↗ Doesn’t really apply here. The answer can’t be just ‘no’. If the headline was ‘Is Malcom Gladwell a Good Writer?’ You’d have a point. [–] jrflowers 3y ago ↗ This is a good point. In English “no” has a very specific contextual connotation and will not be interpreted as a general negative by most speakers. I would correct my earlier post but I cannot because no
[–] teppic 3y ago ↗ Doesn’t really apply here. The answer can’t be just ‘no’. If the headline was ‘Is Malcom Gladwell a Good Writer?’ You’d have a point. [–] jrflowers 3y ago ↗ This is a good point. In English “no” has a very specific contextual connotation and will not be interpreted as a general negative by most speakers. I would correct my earlier post but I cannot because no
[–] jrflowers 3y ago ↗ This is a good point. In English “no” has a very specific contextual connotation and will not be interpreted as a general negative by most speakers. I would correct my earlier post but I cannot because no
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