I wasn't ever going to bother with the Guardian, because it almost makes a fetish of its own corrections, but this passage from an article on Lebedev being menaced by police proved irresistible:
'The aide initially said that he feared Lebedev "may be arrested" but later clarified that the Russian billionaire had not been not arrested and was holding talks with police, who are carrying out a search.'
He 'clarified that the Russian billionaire had not been not arrested' - I suppose it's okay; it's just I always find double negatives so difficult to grasp.
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