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Grammar detail: particle も + negative verb

particle も + negative verb  not at all, never, nowhere etc
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The particle も usually means too or also, but when it is used with a negative verb, it conveys extra emphasis of the item being discussed. も is often appended to many common words in this way to express ideas such as 'not at all', 'never', 'not even', 'not a single ~' etc.
その
くに
にほんじん
日本人
ひとり
一人
いませんでした
There wasn't a single Japanese person in that country.
In this example, も is added to
ひとり
一人
(one person) and changes the meaning to 'not a single person'.
この
すいり
推理
しょうせつ
小説
まだ
はんぶん
半分
んでない

I'm not even halfway through this detective story.
Here,
はんぶん
半分
んでいる would simply mean 'I've read half', but using も instead of をand the negative form of the verb adds the emphasis: 'not ... even'.
も can be added to many standard question words, and in most cases the new form requires a negative verb (but not always, so be careful).
どれwhichどれもwhichever
いつwhenいつでもwhenever
だれ
who
だれ
whoever
なに
what
なに
whatever
Some similar も forms can be a little confusing. For example,
なん
でも means 'anything' and is typically used with a positive verb - it is not to be confused with
なに
も. However, いつも means 'always', and is not to be confused with 'いつでも', whenever!
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Kanji used in this grammar

イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ハン   なか half   
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ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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ドク   トク   トウ   よ to read   
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だれ who   
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カ   なに    なん what?   
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コク   くに country   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ホン   book   もと origin   
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スイ   お to infer, to deduce; to endorse   
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リ    logic   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
セツ   ゼイ   と to explain, persuade   
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