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not ... any

no ... any

not ... either

nor + auxiliaire + N + Base Verbale

doauxiliaire + not ... + V + N + either

I wouldn't want my name changed either!

Rex Morgan

Woody Wilson and Graham Nolan

Created in 1948 by Nicholas P. Dallis

17 January 2005

http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/rmorgan/about.htm

You don't have any six-guns either!!

Mandrake

Fred Fredericks Created by Lee Falk

8 October 2004

http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/mandrake/about.htm

La double négation

est considérée par certaines grammaires

comme incorrecte :

* not ... no / neither

mais ellle est fréquente en anglais familier :

we don't need no education

(Pink Floyd, The Wall).

I don't know nothing

(Clint Eastwood dans A Perfect World).

Ne pas confondre

not ... any

avec

not ... a.

Dans cette dernière structure,

a signifie one :

He didn't have a chance.

It's official.

The United States government does not torture anyone,

including terrorist suspects.

It does not subject them

to "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment"

which falls short of torture.

Nor does it transfer them

to other countries to be tortured.

Human rights and terrorism:
The pledge: George Bush says that America does not use torture,
E, p. 47,
5 July 2003.

Nobody believes a word he says anymore!

Parliament question time, BBC Radio 4, 9.7.2003.

The End of the Tunnel

October 7, 2010
The New York Times
By PAUL KRUGMAN

The Erie Canal. Hoover Dam. The Interstate Highway System. Visionary public projects are part of the American tradition, and have been a major driver of our economic development.

And right now, by any rational calculation, would be an especially good time to improve the nation’s infrastructure. We have the need: our roads, our rail lines, our water and sewer systems are antiquated and increasingly inadequate. We have the resources: a million-and-a-half construction workers are sitting idle, and putting them to work would help the economy as a whole recover from its slump. And the price is right: with interest rates on federal debt at near-record lows, there has never been a better time to borrow for long-term investment.

(...)

And the ideology that has led Mr. Christie to undermine his state’s future is, of course, the same ideology that has led almost all Republicans and some Democrats to stand in the way of any meaningful action to revive the nation’s economy. Worse yet, next month’s election seems likely to reward Republicans for their obstructionism.

So here’s how you should think about the decision to kill the tunnel: It’s a terrible thing in itself, but, beyond that, it’s a perfect symbol of how America has lost its way. By refusing to pay for essential investment, politicians are both perpetuating unemployment and sacrificing long-run growth. And why not? After all, this seems to be a winning electoral strategy. All vision of a better future seems to have been lost, replaced with a refusal to look beyond the narrowest, most shortsighted notion of self-interest.

I wish I could say something optimistic at this point. But at least for now, I don’t see any light at the end of this tunnel.

The End of the Tunnel, NYT, 7.10.2010,
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/08/opinion/08krugman.html

'So fa

I haven't seen any evidence that he has disarmed,'

said Mr Bush.

I am sick and tired of Saddam. Time is running out,
DM, p. 10, 15 January 2003.

We don't want a war either,

says Bagdad California

Headline, GE2, p. 5, 18 January 2003.

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