None at all

English translation: None at all

16:49 Sep 29, 2020

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English term or phrase: None at all

What is the exact meaning of "None at all" in this dialogue?

Store keeper: Do you want any meat or don't you?
Customer: I don't want any meat.
Store keeper: None at all?
Customer: No, none at all.
Store keeper: Why not? Don't you like meat?
Customer: No, I don't like meat.

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Selected answer:None at all

Explanation:
Means he doesn't want any type of meet at all.

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He absolutely doesn't want any meat.

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'None' is a pronoun and in this case it means 'no meat'.

None
None is the pronoun form of no. None means ‘not one’ or ‘not any’. We use it as a pronoun to replace countable and uncountable nouns. We use it as subject or object:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/no-...

At all

The expression at all is used to intensify a statement or question—that is, to make it stronger.

It is common in negative statements and questions, where it means “in any way” or “even slightly.” It is also used occasionally in positive statements, where it means something like “absolutely.”

Below are some example sentences with at all.

Negative

I wasn't tired at all. (While someone who utters this sentence may be expressing a positive thought, the sentence is still grammatically negative.)
This chair is not at all comfortable.
“Did she say anything?” “No, nothing at all.”
He hardly thinks about himself at all. (This sentence is negative because of hardly, which has a negative sense.)
Question

Are you at all interested in seeing a movie tonight?
John hasn't been studying at all?
Positive

This cell phone can be used anywhere at all. (=absolutely anywhere)

https://www.learnersdictionary.com/qa/how-to-use-at-all

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