Emphatic negation with 一點也不 yidiăn yě bù V. Function: This pattern suggests strong and exaggerated negation, something like "not at all..." or "not a bit..." in English. Structures: This is a negative pattern, without a positive counterpart. The pattern can be used with action verbs or state verbs. ...一點...Object...也不...Verb.Object: If the object is not fronted to the beginning of the sentence to be the topic, it has to appear after the adverb-, before and not after the verb.Usage:1. 也 in this pattern is replaceable by 都.2. In some case, 都 provides a stronger sense of total negation than 也.3. The use of 也 has a higher frequency of occurrence than 都.4. 不 vs. 沒with action verbs: 沒 negates an event in the past, while 不 refers to the subject's refusal to do something whether the event is in the past or in the future.

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