alleryStart learning →Which bishop's 1762 grammar book is cited for the rule that two negatives make a positive?
ARobert Baker
BWilson Follett
CHenry Sweet
DRobert Lowth
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Correct answer: D. Robert Lowth
Bishop Robert Lowth wrote A Short Introduction to English Grammar in 1762.
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