No. 19,721 in Korean
없다고는
"없다고는" means "as for saying there is not" or "is said to not exist."
In a sentence
그는 거기에 없다고는 말하지 않았다.
He did not say that he was not there.
In this sentence, '없다고는' is used to negate the existence or presence, indicating that a statement about absence was not made.
그녀에게 문제가 없다고는 자신할 수 없다.
I cannot be confident that she has no issues.
Here, '없다고는' expresses the state of not confidently confirming the non-existence of problems.
우리가 이 일에서 배운 것이 없다고는 할 수 없다.
We cannot say that we learned nothing from this task.
In this sentence, '없다고는' suggests a rejection of the notion that nothing was learned, emphasizing that there was indeed something gained.
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