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Here, "I ain't got none left" appears to mean the opposite - "I ain't got any left."
"None" is typically defined as "not any", yet the context defies the definition.
Doubt negative doesn't constitute positive here.
Does "none" mean "any" as non-standard English in this context?
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ain't
not standard
UK /eɪnt/ US /eɪnt/
short form of am not, is not, are not, has not, or have not:
He ain't going.
"Can I have a cigarette?" "I ain't got none left."
Source: Cambridge Dictionary
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ain-t?q=ain’t+
"None" is typically defined as "not any", yet the context defies the definition.
Doubt negative doesn't constitute positive here.
Does "none" mean "any" as non-standard English in this context?
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ain't
not standard
UK /eɪnt/ US /eɪnt/
short form of am not, is not, are not, has not, or have not:
He ain't going.
"Can I have a cigarette?" "I ain't got none left."
Source: Cambridge Dictionary
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ain-t?q=ain’t+