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What does "Nothing chewing a few Nurofen won't fix" mean? This is from the book, After You, and a woman who had injuries several days ago is texting her boyfriend. (...) How about you? Bit tired. Hip? ***Nothing chewing a few Nurofen won't fix.*** Won't me to stop by after my shift? I think i just need to keep looking (for some girl she knows.) I don't understand the part marked in stars. It seems like something's omitted and the structure seems weird to me. Is that double negation(Nothing, won't)? What's the meaning of the sentence and also could you explain a bit about the structure of the sentence? Thanks in advance.
29 ก.พ. 2020 เวลา 12:22
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I'd mostly agree with Evelyn's answer, except I wouldn't exactly call it a case of double negation. Here the full sentence would be "it is nothing that chewing a few Nurofen won't fix". If there were double negation, then you might instead say "it is something ["anything" sounds weird here] that chewing a few Nurofen won't fix", but that would give it the opposite meaning. A different example with confusingly similar wording could be "it won't fix anything" vs "it won't fix nothing". This is an example of the double negative, and any person with a solid understanding of English is going to understand the two sentences to mean the exact same thing. I'm not saying you should use the double negative yourself, but grammar purists might imagine the English language differently than how it's actually sometimes used. The structure is a little unusual, but there's nothing really wrong with it. In fact, it's a bit of a fixed expression itself: "nothing ___ won't fix", where you can fill in the blank with whatever you want.
29 กุมภาพันธ์ 2020
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The sentence means that she is in pain, but doesn't want to admit it or complain about it. She's downplaying the fact that she is in pain by making a joke about it. It is a double negative. "Nothing that chewing a few Nurofen won't fix," means "Something that chewing a few Nurofen will fix." (Nurofen is a pain medication.) When she says "chewing," that's part of the joke. When she actually takes the pain medication, she will swallow it with water, just like everyone does. Does that help?
29 กุมภาพันธ์ 2020
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This is referencing actually eating or chewing on a pain reliever medication. The word “Nurofen” is a common pain reliever pill...and yes, the double negative “Nothing and won’t” are being used to add to the mood of the sentence. The mood is lazy and slightly ironic by the writer. Hope that makes sense... Best wishes to you. :)
29 กุมภาพันธ์ 2020
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