French question: is it correct to say "ça ne signifie que rien"?
I mean it as a more emphatic alternative to "ça ne signifie rien" -- my assumption is that "ça ne signifie rien" is "this means nothing", and "ça ne signifie que rien" would be something like "this doesn't mean anything other than nothing" (if that makes any sense). Is that assumption valid or does it sound broken?
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