>in what's becoming a not-uncommon move.
Or as Orwell put it: "A not unblack dog was chasing a not unsmall rabbit across a not ungreen field."
Or as Orwell put it: "A not unblack dog was chasing a not unsmall rabbit across a not ungreen field."
And when combined with a thinly veiled insult, gives the wonderful "back-handed compliment"
"He's not as unintelligent as he looks" "She's not the liar she might have been given her poor upbringing"
my not-unpreferred figure of speech, please. If you want to make it not unpossible to believe you.
(Thanks, really; I've developed a belated soft spot for rhetorical devices.)