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From :   Lee Kong

Date : 2009-08-14 / 11:26PM

Hi Benny, have a look at the following sentence:

凡是在北京的人提起簋街没有不知道的,即使是外地的,看过“奋斗”的人也一定对它有所了解吧!

Why it says 没有 and then 不 in this part of the sentence: 凡是在北京的人提起簋街没有不知道的

没有 and 不 almost have the same meaning, “no”, then why does it say “no” twice, by saying 没有不知道的. Can’t we here simply say 不知道?

Thanks!

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2009-08-15 / 05:54PM

Hi Lee Kong,

This sentence should be "凡是在北京的人提起簋街没有不知道的"人"

This “人” has been omitted.

没有不知道的人 = Everyone knows

Benny



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