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Noun+も/はする?

Razahia

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7 Jun 2013
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I noticed an example which confused me a bit.

1.彼女が僕のこと好きだなんて思いもしなかった。
I basically did not understand the function of もする after the noun and looked a bit to see if this was a construction I never learned, but was unable to find any specific information.
I also noticed はする can be used like this after a noun. What exactly am I supposed to be looking for here?

Thanks in Advance.
 
Actually, what is used in the example sentence is not "noun + もしない". It's an emphasized negative form of verbs "the -masu stem of verbs + もしない", meaning "even not to do" as same as ~もない. "The -masu stem of verbs + もする" and "the -masu stem of verbs + はする/しない" are just も as "too/also" and は as the contrastive marker.
e.g.
食べもするし、飲みもする。 (も as "too/also")
好きだなんて思いはしない。(connoting "not to do, but~" because of the contrastive marker は, for instance 彼女が僕のこと好きだなんて思いはしないが、そうだったらうれしい.)
飲みはするが、食べはしない。(は as the contrastive marker)
 
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