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Emphatic Structures — Strutture Enfatiche·Emphatic Double Negation
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Rule reminder

Italian emphatic double negation strengthens a refusal or denial beyond a simple 'no'. Structures like 'Non lo faccio nemmeno per tutto l'oro del mondo', 'Non ci vado neanche se mi pagano', and 'Non lo direi mai e poi mai' pile up negative elements (non, nemmeno, neanche, mai, affatto) to create emphatic force. Unlike standard double negation, these are deliberate and expressive, common in spoken Italian and informal writing.

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Select the sentence where 'affatto' adds emphatic force to a negation:

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