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やったことはない in this sentence i don't understand why use はない instead of がない
やったことはない in this sentence i don't understand why use はない instead of がない
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否定文の場合、どの部分が否定されたのかを示すために「は」を使います。
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@Namelessxd I'm a passer-by. Your understanding "は emphasize ない" is right. Do understand issue of はorが is quite tricky and even native Japanese don't know exactly, but in reality, they speak and write almost instinctively without knowing their own grammar,
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@Namelessxd やったことない is just abbreviation of やったことがない
So both expressions are OK
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@Namelessxd oh I misunderstood your question haha
やったことはない’s 「は」is kind of emphasis and やったことがない is more general
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