If it is difficult to not say no to the question of whether he’s not ready, then one is inclined to say no as the answer to the question, and if the question of whether he’s not ready is understood to be the question of whether he’s unready, then saying no to the question of whether he’s unready means saying he’s not unready, which means Arsene Wenger thinks he has to incline toward saying Wilshere is ready. I hope you’re with me so far, because it gets worse.
— Language Log’s superb analysis of Arsene Wenger failing to give a straight answer to an easy question.
