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Caper
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Why does the "plus" not refer to books? The translation suggests it refers to time, ie "no longer has" rather than "has no more books".
March 21, 2013
I believe (I'm not 100% sure) it's because you are essentially adding a word that isn't there. You've "used up," so to speak, the "ne...plus" when you wrote "no longer." So to have the "any" in addition to that, you need to have a word for it, e.g. "Elle n'a plus aucuns livres."
May 10, 2014
aucun livre has to be singular.
The only exception is when the noun only exists in plural, like "aucuns frais" (expenses/costs).
"she non longer has any books" = elle n'a plus aucun livre.
May 11, 2014
