Read this:

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If the Deposit is not paid, the Seller has the right to rescind this Agreement by a notice in writing to the Purchaser delivered within 30 days from the date of this Agreement, provided that such rescission right shall not be effective unless and until the Seller does not rescind the Preliminary Agreement for the Property.

濡傛灉淇濊瓑閲戝苟鏈劅浠橈紝璩ｅ鏈夋瑠(qu谩n)浜庤┎鍗�(xi茅)璀版垚绔嬩箣鏃ヨ捣30鏃ュ収(n猫i)鏇搁潰鍛婄煡璨峰瑙ｉ櫎瑭插崝(xi茅)璀�銆傞櫎闈炶常瀹跺苟鏈В闄よ硣鐢�(ch菐n)闋愬倷鍗�(xi茅)璀�锛屽惁鍓囪┎瑙ｉ櫎琛岀偤灏囦笉鏈冪敓鏁�銆�

Got it? If not, feel free to read it again. And again… and probably again.

浣犺畝鎳備簡鍡�?濡傛灉娌掕畝鎳�锛屼綘灏卞啀璁€涓€閬�锛屽啀璁€涓€閬�……鎴栬ū閭勮鍐嶈畝涓€閬�銆傝€冪敓濡傛灉鎬曡嚜宸遍尟閬庤€冭│鍫卞悕鏅傞枔鍜岃€冭│鏅傞枔鐨勮┍锛屽彲浠� 鍏嶈不闋愮磩鐭俊鎻愰啋锛屽眴鏅傛渻浠ョ煭淇＄殑鏂瑰紡鎻愰啋澶у鍫卞悕鍜岃€冭│鏅傞枔銆�

Got it now? Perhaps you should read it once more just to double check.

鐝�(xi脿n)鍦ㄦ噦浜嗗棊?鎴栬ū浣犳噳瑭插啀璁€涓€閬嶄締妾㈡煡涓€涓�銆�

No doubt you’re having trouble with this part: “…shall not be effective unless and until the Seller does not rescind…”

姣劇鐤戝晱浣犳渻灏嶉€欐鏈夋墍鐤戞儜锛�“……闄ら潪璩ｅ骞舵湭瑙ｉ櫎璩囩敘(ch菐n)闋愬倷鍗�(xi茅)璀�锛屽惁鍓囪┎瑙ｉ櫎琛岀偤灏囦笉鏈冪敓鏁堛€�……”

I think you’ll agree that the difficulty is mainly due to the use of multiple negatives – “shall not”, “unless” and “does not”. It’s more of a brain teaser than a practical piece of communication. Unfortunately most of us don’t have the time or inclination to work out brain teasers.

鎴戠浉淇′綘鍊戦兘鏈冭獚鍚岄洠榛炰富瑕佷締鑷閲嶅惁瀹氱殑浣跨敤——“灏囦笉鏈�”銆�“闄ら潪”鍜�“涓嶆渻”銆傞€欎笉鏄鐢ㄧ殑浜ゆ祦鏂瑰紡锛岃€屾槸鑵︾瓔鎬ヨ綁(zhu菐n)褰�銆備笉骞哥殑鏄紝鎴戝€戝ぇ閮ㄥ垎閮芥矑鏅傞枔涔熸矑鑸堣叮鍘诲仛浠€涔堣叇绛嬫€ヨ綁(zhu菐n)褰�銆�

So – my advice is simple: Don’t use multiple negatives. Write something like this instead:

鍥犳——鎴戠殑寤鸿寰堢啊鍠細涓嶈浣跨敤澶氶噸鍚﹀畾銆傜敤閫欐ǎ鐨勫娉曚締浠ｆ浛锛�

If the Deposit is not paid, the Seller has the right to rescind this Agreement by written notice to the Purchaser delivered within 30 days of the date of this Agreement. However, the rescission right is not effective if the Seller has rescinded the Preliminary Agreement for the Property.

濡傛灉淇濊瓑閲戝苟鏈劅浠�锛岃常瀹舵湁娆�(qu谩n)鍦ㄨ┎鍗�(xi茅)璀版垚绔嬩箣鏃ヨ捣30鏃ュ収(n猫i)鏇搁潰鍛婄煡璨峰瑙ｉ櫎瑭插崝(xi茅)璀�銆備絾濡傝常瀹跺凡瑙ｉ櫎璩囩敘(ch菐n)闋愬倷鍗�(xi茅)璀�锛岃┎瑙ｉ櫎琛岀偤灏囦笉鑳界敓鏁堛€�

I know I’m taking something of a risk pretending I’ve understood the original correctly, but I’m willing to do so. If my interpretation is wrong, far from showing my lack of intelligence, it proves how bad the writer is at communicating.

鎴戠煡閬撻€欎箞瑾湁棰ㄩ毆锛岄偅灏辨槸鎴戜笉涓€瀹氭纰哄湴鐞嗚В浜嗗師鏂囩殑鎰忔€�锛屼絾鎴戞効鎰忛€欎箞鍋�銆傚亣濡傛垜鐞嗚В閷簡锛岄€欓櫎浜嗚〃鐝�(xi脿n)鍑烘垜鏅哄晢涓嶅鐢ㄤ互澶�锛屾洿澶氬湴鏄〃鐝�(xi脿n)浜嗗師浣滆€呯殑婧濋€氳兘鍔涙槸鏈夊宸�銆�

In case I haven’t convinced you that multiple negatives are a bad idea, here are a few more brain teasers for you to waste your time on:

瑕佹槸鎴戦倓娌掓湁鑳藉瑾湇浣犲閲嶅惁瀹氭槸鍊嬪绯熺硶鐨勫仛娉�锛屼互涓嬫槸涓€浜涙洿闆ｇ殑娴不浣犳檪闁撶殑鑵︾瓔鎬ヨ綁(zhu菐n)褰庯細

The following actions are not excluded from the prohibition.

浠ヤ笅琛岀偤骞舵矑鏈夎鎺掗櫎鍦ㄧ浠や箣澶栥€�

No termination will be approved unless the administrator reviews the application and finds that it is not lacking in any requisite materials.

闄ら潪绠＄悊鍝℃煡鐪嬬敵璜嬪苟鐧�(f膩)鐝�(xi脿n)鍏跺苟涓嶇己灏戜换浣曞繀鍌欐潗鏂欑殑鎯呮硜涓�锛屼换浣曠祩姝㈤兘涓嶆渻琚厑瑷�銆�

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