Spanish B2 · Day 14

Day 14: Titulares y desmentidos — Negation scope inside reported belief (part 2)

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Grammar: Negation scope inside reported belief (part 2)
Reading: El titular y su desmentido
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Grammar point: Negation scope inside reported belief (part 2)

In Spanish, when you report what someone believes or denies, the place of no fixes the scope of the negation. A negative belief is not the same thing as the absence of a belief. The point is to show whether the speaker rejects the content, or rejects the act of stating it.

Key vocabulary (8 of 20 words)

el desmentido – official denial
la crónica – news report
el comunicado – press release
el alcance – negation scope
el arranque – opening line
la pieza – news item
el periodismo – journalism, reporting
la cautela – due caution

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