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HelloRoot@lemy.lol ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

I don’t know why besstiolle is getting downvoted when they are correct.

When people say that there is very little of something the natural way is “hardly any rain” for example. So if you “negate” the any to no, it means the opposite.

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besstiolle@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

If your friend says to you “There is no rain” and you go outside and it pouring, you could say 'Hardly “no rain!” ’ As a kind of mocking comment highlighting that it’s the complete opposite of no rain. It is very hard to call is “no rain” when it’s raining so much.

Hope this helps!

I also thought that was how it worked, but then again, as English isn’t my first language, I’d rather not dwell on that detail

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