Meaning and use of またと


> ここの夫婦ほど私たちとかけ離れた連中は **またと** いませんよ。  
>  There's no one as different from us as the people here.

This is how I would translate the sentence without またと. Am I correct that this
sentence works without またと?

I'm assuming that またと means "in addition/besides", but I'm struggling to
understand how it fits into the sentence grammatically, and what extra nuance
it adds.




The usual form is:

> 「[Object/Situation/Event] + は + **またと** + [Verb in **Negative** Form]」

The 「またと」 here functions to (emphatically) deny the likelihood of the
[Object/Situation/Event] occurring again.

It is synonymous to 「二度{にど}と」、「ふたたび」、「めったに」, etc.

Therefore, the basic meaning of the sentence will pretty much stay the same
even if you dropped the 「またと」, but it is often used to make it sound emphatic.

> I'm assuming that またと means "in addition/besides"

Not quite. As I explained, it means (used in conjunction with a negative verb)
something along the lines of " **(basically) never again** ".

> 「ここの夫婦{ふうふ}ほど私{わたし}たちとかけ離{はな}れた連中{れんちゅう}はまたといませんよ。」

therefore means:

> "You shall never see/find a couple (or "people") as completely different
> from us as the married couple here."




The usual form is:

> 「[Object/Situation/Event] + は + **またと** + [Verb in **Negative** Form]」

The 「またと」 here functions to (emphatically) deny the likelihood of the
[Object/Situation/Event] occurring again.

It is synonymous to 「二度{にど}と」、「ふたたび」、「めったに」, etc.

Therefore, the basic meaning of the sentence will pretty much stay the same
even if you dropped the 「またと」, but it is often used to make it sound emphatic.

> I'm assuming that またと means "in addition/besides"

Not quite. As I explained, it means (used in conjunction with a negative verb)
something along the lines of " **(basically) never again** ".

> 「ここの夫婦{ふうふ}ほど私{わたし}たちとかけ離{はな}れた連中{れんちゅう}はまたといませんよ。」

therefore means:

> "You shall never see/find a couple (or "people") as completely different
> from us as the married couple here."

