Is litotes related to a "not un-" construction?

Christine in Baltimore 

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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
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Subject: Re: request--name for a type of negative

On Jun 21, 2005, at 11:08 AM, mary murray wrote:

> Hello All,
> Hope you're enjoying a wonderful summer.  A friend
> asked me for the name of a negative like Jane Austen
> uses:  "It was not impossible" versus "It was
> possible."
> Thank you,
> Mary Murray
>
>
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