A lot of the examples listed are plainly not examples. The trope's meaning is very clear: "First you say what it isn't. Then you say what it is. Both of them effectively have the same meaning." An example of this is "We're not lost, we don't know where we are". Many of the examples are one of the following:
Many examples are distinctions where there is a very clear difference, but the statement is Blatant Lies, such as a thief saying "I don't steal things, I borrow them".
Sometimes it's just used to mean "any time a character makes a distinction between two things", ex. "I don't have a brother, I have a sister".
A lot of the examples listed are plainly not examples. The trope's meaning is very clear: "First you say what it isn't. Then you say what it is. Both of them effectively have the same meaning." An example of this is "We're not lost, we don't know where we are". Many of the examples are one of the following:
- Many examples are distinctions where there is a very clear difference, but the statement is Blatant Lies, such as a thief saying "I don't steal things, I borrow them".
- Sometimes it's just used to mean "any time a character makes a distinction between two things", ex. "I don't have a brother, I have a sister".
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