Count the negations
This sentence makes my head hurt, and reminds me that I lack the intestinal fortitude to be a syntactician:
"The American Association of University Professors has asked the president of DePaul University, the Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, to “suspend” his decision not to reverse a denial of tenure to a philosophy professor, even though an appeals-review committee recommended that he do so." (Chronicle of Higher Ed, 12/21/10)
"The American Association of University Professors has asked the president of DePaul University, the Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, to “suspend” his decision not to reverse a denial of tenure to a philosophy professor, even though an appeals-review committee recommended that he do so." (Chronicle of Higher Ed, 12/21/10)