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又 + 不 / 没 (emphatic negation)
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It's not as if I'm your servant
- Your roommate asks you, again, to wash his dishes.
- I我(it's not as if)又no不是your你(modifier / structural particle)的waiter服务员！ — "I'm not your waiter, you know!" (it's not as if)又 + not不 pushes back against an assumption.
(it's not as if)又 + not不 / didn't没 = emphatic negation
- (it's not as if)又 + not不/didn't没 strengthens a negative to reject what someone assumes: "it's not as if …".
- It is spoken, often a little impatient or defensive.
I我(it's not as if)又not不am是your你的waiter服务员。
What does 又 add in 我又不是小孩子！?
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又 + 不 pushes back: “I'm not a child, you know!”
Giving the reason behind a reaction
- your你don't别blame怪him他，him他(it's not as if)又didn't没to make做mistake错。 — "Don't blame him — it's not like he did anything wrong."
- to be afraid怕what什么？him他(it's not as if)又improbable不会variant of 吃吃(completed / change)了your你。 — "What are you afraid of? He's not going to eat you."
you你don't别blame怪him他，he他(it's not as if)又didn't没do wrong做错。
Complete: “Don't blame her — it's not like she was late.” 别怪她，她____没迟到。
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又 + 没 for an emphatic denial.
Build: “He's not going to eat you.”
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Subject + 又 + 不会 + verb.
Not "again"
- In (it's not as if)又not不 / (it's not as if)又didn't没, (it's not as if)又 is not "again"; it adds force to the denial.
- Keep it in speech; in neutral statements, plain not不 / didn't没 is enough: him他didn't没to make做mistake错.
(it's not as if)又 + not不 versus (actually)并 + not不
- (actually)并not不 denies a mistaken idea in a calmer, more written way: this这个question问题(actually)并not不hard难.
- (it's not as if)又not不 is personal and emotional: I我(it's not as if)又no不是unexpectedly不想to go去 — "It's not that I don't want to go."
this这个question问题(actually)并not不hard难。
并不 is calmer and more written than 又不.
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又不 is emotional speech; 并不 states a correction calmly.
Recap
- (it's not as if)又 + not不 / didn't没 = it's not as if …, rejecting an assumption (spoken, emphatic).
- Not "again" here. Calmer written denial: (actually)并not不.
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — Adverbs.
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