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English rule: " ...not...+ any..."
I don't know anything.
Can I say it as "I know nothing" ? These are same phrase(=) or they have a difference between each other?
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They're pretty much the same in meaning.
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Most of the time they are the same. "I know nothing" is a strong, definite statement.
But you CAN'T say: "I know no English" (Maybe the rules are correct but it sounds funny). You say "I don't know any English".
But sometimes English speakers make this mistake and say "I don't know nobody". This is incorrect, it is a double negative!
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Both are equally valid and are in ordinary use.
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