negation

grammar

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Romance languages

  • Romance languages
    In Romance languages: Syntax

    Negation in Latin was expressed by a range of special items (non, nemo, nihil, nullus, nunquam, and so on). Although some of the others survive in Romance, continuators of non are usually used for negative expression and are regularly prefixed to the verb. Nuances within…

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