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Originally Posted by azz But one can say:
Reading no novel is better than reading this one.
Meaning it is better to read no novel than to read this one, right? |
Well, semantically, 'no novel' means the novel doesn't exist. That is, 'Reading no novel [a novel that doesn't exist] is better than reading this one.'
Why not try?
Not reading anything at all is better than reading this novel.