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～ないことはない: “It's not that X isn't Y”

adept #107
~ 5 Minutes

Introduction

Hey! Welcome to another lesson. This one isn't not hard, but it will require a bit of thought.

Remember, it's not not tough, but it's not not easy either...

～ないことはない: It's not that X isn't Y

構成こうせい

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    Negative form verb/い-adjectiveことはない・こともない

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    な-adjectiveじゃ・ではない + ことはない・こともない
    Example:
    → ヘルシーではないことはないが、たくさん食たべないほうがいい。
    "It's not that it isn't healthy, but you shouldn't eat a lot of it.”

Today's lesson will be all about combining double negatives to express "It's not that X isn't Y", and then going on to say something (maybe) interesting. For instance:

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～ないことはない It's not that X isn't Y
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