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Armsys Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

"Nothing could be further from the truth"

0"Northing could be further from the truth" becomesa popular expression. What exactly does it mean and why is written in such a complicated manner (double negative)?02br
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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Nothing could be further from the truth" becomesa popular expression. 02font 00It's been a standard expression for a long time. 02br 02br 01font 00What exactly does it mean 02font 00It means that the thing you are talking about is as far away from the truth as it is possible to be.

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Nothing could be further from the truth" becomesa popular expression.
  • 02font 00It's been a standard expression for a long time.
  • 02br 02br 01font 00What exactly does it mean 02font 00It means that the thing you are talking about is as far away from the truth as it is possible to be.
  • 02br 02br 01font 00and why is written in such a complicated manner (double negative)?
  • 02font 00It's not really very complicated.
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0Hi,02br
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01font00What exactly does it mean 02font00It means that the thing you are talking about is as far away from the trut
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0It means it is so far from being the truth that nothing could be less true. It's not mostly true, or partly true, but not at all true.02br
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00It's as far from the truth as possible.0-
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0Hi Clive & Grammar Geek,02br
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00Thanks for catching my typo error.02br
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00Thanks for your responding my post in seconds.02br
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00Thanks for your illuminating explanation.02br
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00However, Grammar Geek's "nothing could be less true" is more complicated than the original expression "nothing is further fr
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0That's not at all equivalent. Many things are true. 02br
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00The thing being described is not true. It it completely untrue.02br
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0Contacting the webmaster directly could be intellectually challenging here. Could the webmaster(s) be kind enough to correct the misspelled heading to "Nothing could be further from the truth"? Thanks.02br
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0Any moderator can do that for you.0-
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I believe that it is a kind of way to avoid saying "it is a lie". we are dealing with a lie but we don't want to call the speaker a liar so we use this expression. that is what all about. so indeed it's not a true.
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