{"id":7441,"date":"2015-08-30T13:04:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-30T17:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southbeachlanguages.com\/?p=7441"},"modified":"2015-08-31T13:04:49","modified_gmt":"2015-08-31T17:04:49","slug":"double-negatives-are-a-no-no-beach-english-parts-of-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southbeachlanguages.com\/double-negatives-are-a-no-no-beach-english-parts-of-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Double negatives are a no-no!  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