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So every elemental atom, if left to it's own devices, is neutral. Meaning the positive and the negative is balanced perfectly.

Electrons are negative. To have a neutral atom, you must have the same number of electrons as you do protons.

So if Sulfur loses a single electron, it's losing some negativity, meaning Sulfur will be more positive.

If it loses two, then it becomes even more positive. We often know this as "charge" in chemistry and we show it by a number corresponding to the amount of electrons the neutral atom has lost or gained along side the charge symbol (- or +).

So our Sulfur is now positive having lost 2 electrons.

So it is 2+. You could view it as its positivity being two levels beyond neutral.

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