并 Pattern: 并+{不，没}+动词

[DrWatson]

I'm trying to understand the 并 pattern. I always see the pattern in the following form:

并+{不，没}+动词

Does it ever come in a positive form?

And what sort of syntactic meaning does it add to a sentence?

From the examples below, it seems like it takes a negative verb phrase and makes the meaning affirmative.

Can this structure be used freely, or is there a specific type of usage for this structure?

Examples from my text:

1）小张告诉我老李并没有告诉他这样做，而只是暗示他这样做的。

2）虽然大家都暗示了他，可是他并没有看出来。

3）王老师说并不是每一个想学习中文的人都非得去中国。

4）另外，一般的老百姓并没有很多的事情要办，经常需要走后门的都是有钱有势的人。

5）他们钱多势大对老百姓并没有什么好处。

[gougou]

From the examples below, it seems like it takes a negative verb phrase and makes the meaning affirmative.

It's not affirmative at all (并不是肯定的 ;-) ), but rather makes the negative stronger, also implying "contrary to what you would expect".

[Guoke]

nciku：

并

副 用在否定词前面，加强否定语气，略带反驳或阐明实际情况的意味

[Shi Tong]

gou gou is totally right-并不是 is usually the most common form I've heard in speech. There's a good clue in the dictionary definition:

and / furthermore / also / together with / (not) at all / simultaneously / to combine / to join / to merge

So.. probably quite a good one here to use is the (not) at all- 我并不是那种人 (I am not at all/ not that kind of person).