Please can you explain why you can say je n'ai rien dit à personne but not je n'ai jamais dit rien?
separation of negatives
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George H.Kwiziq community member
separation of negatives
This question relates to:French lesson "Combining two or more negations (French Negations)"
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Maarten K. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Personne follows the past participle or infinitive of compound or dual verb constructions, whereas rien always follows the auxiliary/conjugated verb, and is placed before the infinitive/past participle https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/negative-pronouns-2/
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