Difference between 他们根本不 and 他们不
I'm trying to read Harry potter the first structure came up and was wondering what the difference would be between the two

context "他们从来跟神秘古怪的事不沾边，因为他们根本不相信那些邪门歪道"

P.S. is my translation of this right

They never associated with such strange and mysterious things, because they did not believe in such abnormal behaviour

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Difference between 他们根本不 and 他们不
I'm trying to read Harry potter the first structure came up and was wondering what the difference would be between the two

context "他们从来跟神秘古怪的事不沾边， 因为他们根本不相信那些邪门歪道"

P.S. is my translation of this right

They never associated with such strange and mysterious things, because they did not believe in such abnormal behaviour

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根本不 = absolutely not

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根本不is more negation than不

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“他们根本不 ”give people‘s feel is more strong than “他们不”

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almost! only when you add "at all" at the end of the sentence will be perfect.
 他们不=they don't ,,,
他们根本不= they don't ... at all,  this one put emphasis on "不"，shows the thorough negative  of something..because of their belief or determination, etc

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