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Navitasan Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Not eat anything/eat nothing
1) I don't want to eat anything.
2) I want to eat nothing.
Is there a difference between the meanings of '1' and '2'?
Are they both natural?
3) I don't want to eat anything for two days.
4) I want to eat nothing for two days.
Is there a difference between the meanings of '3' and '4'?
Are they both natural?
Gratefully,
Navi.
2) I want to eat nothing.
Is there a difference between the meanings of '1' and '2'?
Are they both natural?
3) I don't want to eat anything for two days.
4) I want to eat nothing for two days.
Is there a difference between the meanings of '3' and '4'?
Are they both natural?
Gratefully,
Navi.
Top answer
They mean the same thing to me, but I ought to tell you that 1 and 3 are much, much more common. At least in my experience.
- They mean the same thing to me, but I ought to tell you that 1 and 3 are much, much more common.
- At least in my experience.
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They mean the same thing to me, but I ought to tell you that 1 and 3 are much, much more common. At least in my experience.
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