Initial consultation / Architect selection

I can't decide what impresses me more: the approach or the remarkable response rate.

I don't want to decide. I am impressed by both.

Is this "gar nicht" actually intentional in the otherwise quite eloquent expression? :)

"gar nicht" is simply an emphasis or intensification, or in some cases also a reassurance of the plain "nicht", where the latter seems absolutely too weak to me

So everyone fiddles with their own language. A "gar nicht" makes no sense at all – just as "Sinn machen" keinstenfalls is a meaningful phrase. Niemals nicht will I ever be bothered by the variety of negation intensifications. These, although bar jeder content, do testify to the determination (or origin...) of the message-giver and are therefore mitnichten dispensable. "zu schwach absolut" – wonderful.

I really don’t want to decide. I’m impressed by both.

Me too, but it competes coherently like with Schrödinger :)

Everyone tinkers with their language. A "gar nicht" makes no sense at all – just like "Sinn machen" keinstenfalls is not a meaningful formulation. Niemals nicht will I ever be bothered by the variety of negation intensifications. These are indeed bar jeder substantive meaningfulness, but they testify to the decisiveness (or origin...) of the message-giver and are therefore mitnichten dispensable. "zu schwach absolut" – wonderful.

"Niemals" without a following "nicht" is, in the Bavarian languages, like leaving out the "pas" after the "ne" in French – it’s not complete that way. "Niemals nicht" is not a double negation; it only becomes one when inserting the "nie". In the Rhineland dialect, we also have the gradation "meist - allermeist - allermeist überhaupt". But thanks for the discussion – it made me aware again of how often I say just "gar nicht" instead of "ganz und gar nicht" ;-)

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Or are you a German teacher and bothered that I belong to the compound word group with "gar nicht"?
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If I were a German teacher, I would raise my finger at the following quote and point out the "bzw." since it was used in the wrong context :p

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a reinforcement or increase bzw. in some places also a
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*Ende Off-Topic*

I know we are very slow and maybe approached the matter somewhat over-analytically, but I think that especially in the conversations with other builders we were able to gather valuable insights that will help us in the long run.

Ok... and when you have found a suitable architect in 2 years – how much time have you planned for the design planning?
Best regards