Sans rien - “without nothing“. In English this would be a double negative and would therefore theoretically mean “with something”. But in French would we always say “sans rien” or could we also say “avec rien”?
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Hi Paul,
Correct me if I am wrong but I always thought that
sans rien
would be
without anything
in English
meaning -
with nothing added to it?
You would not say 'avec rien' in French.
Bonne Continuation!
Chris Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
French is full of double negatives. In fact, the standard way of negating something is by doing it twice: ne..pas, ne..jamais, ne..rien. So sans rien shouldn't be too much of a surprise.
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Sans rien
Sans rien - “without nothing“. In English this would be a double negative and would therefore theoretically mean “with something”. But in French would we always say “sans rien” or could we also say “avec rien”?
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