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underpants

(196,950 posts) Fri Feb 21, 2025, 08:37 PM Feb 2025

Let's go down the grammar hole. Is "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" correct ?

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Let's go down the grammar hole. Is "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" correct ? (Original Post) underpants Feb 2025 OP

Yes. Scrivener7 Feb 2025 #1

Not incorrect, just a stupid name LearnedHand Feb 2025 #2

Whew. That's a shortcut. underpants Feb 2025 #4

Perfectly grammatical and a great advertising line. hedda_foil Feb 2025 #3

I spy a blunder of epic proportions. GreenWave Feb 2025 #5

Sheldon on Big Bang Theory boonecreek Feb 2025 #6

I believe Peter Griffin best encapsulates the paradox that is ICBINB. Xavier Breath Feb 2025 #7

"Your husband murdered three children" underpants Feb 2025 #10

Yeah, it walks a delicate line. Xavier Breath Feb 2025 #12

Double negative so Figarosmom Feb 2025 #8

Correct. double negatives make it a positive. debm55 Feb 2025 #11

Hmmm. What's the difference between "belief" and "thought?" malthaussen Feb 2025 #9

Scrivener7

(59,949 posts)

1. Yes.

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Fri Feb 21, 2025, 08:40 PM

Feb 2025

LearnedHand

(5,539 posts)

2. Not incorrect, just a stupid name

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Fri Feb 21, 2025, 08:43 PM

Feb 2025

Although, I knew someone from the American South who called it "Cain't," as in "Pass me the Cain't, please."

underpants

(196,950 posts)

4. Whew. That's a shortcut.

Reply to LearnedHand (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 21, 2025, 09:12 PM

Feb 2025

hedda_foil

(16,999 posts)

3. Perfectly grammatical and a great advertising line.

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Fri Feb 21, 2025, 09:11 PM

Feb 2025

GreenWave

(12,725 posts)

5. I spy a blunder of epic proportions.

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Fri Feb 21, 2025, 09:57 PM

Feb 2025

There is no period after "error".

boonecreek

(1,552 posts)

6. Sheldon on Big Bang Theory

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Fri Feb 21, 2025, 10:41 PM

Feb 2025

"I have no problem believing you're not butter".
Well, there went that sponsor.

Xavier Breath

(6,669 posts)

7. I believe Peter Griffin best encapsulates the paradox that is ICBINB.

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sat Feb 22, 2025, 12:06 AM

Feb 2025

underpants

(196,950 posts)

10. "Your husband murdered three children"

Reply to Xavier Breath (Reply #7)

Sat Feb 22, 2025, 01:16 PM

Feb 2025

It’s not funny but…it’s funny 😄

Xavier Breath

(6,669 posts)

12. Yeah, it walks a delicate line.

Reply to underpants (Reply #10)

Sat Feb 22, 2025, 02:21 PM

Feb 2025

Figarosmom

(12,824 posts)

8. Double negative so

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sat Feb 22, 2025, 12:56 AM

Feb 2025

It's already saying "I believe it's butter".

debm55

(61,248 posts)

11. Correct. double negatives make it a positive.

Reply to Figarosmom (Reply #8)

Sat Feb 22, 2025, 01:20 PM

Feb 2025

malthaussen

(18,601 posts)

9. Hmmm. What's the difference between "belief" and "thought?"

Reply to underpants (Original post)

Sat Feb 22, 2025, 12:48 PM

Feb 2025

I put the stuff on my toast. It tasted like butter to me. I thought it was butter. But now that you tell me it is not, I'm not sure I believe you. There's a nuance there that is worth exploring.

-- Mal

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