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24 Dec 2017
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In the sentence "Никто не будет читать, зачем я это пишу?" Why was negation used twice ?
In the sentence "Никто не будет читать, зачем я это пишу?" Why was negation used twice ?
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it's a common way to compose negative phrases in russian
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Who? - никто (nobody)
what to do? - не будет читать (won't read)=will read
Just the way how Russian grammar works.
- Arabic
They need to allow the featuring of 2 or more answers, ty so much, very clear.
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В русском языке отрицательных местоимений (никогда, никто, нигде и т.п.) недостаточно для отрицания.
В русском языке отрицательных местоимений (никогда, никто, нигде и т.п.) недостаточно для отрицания.

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