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J'ai beaucoup de vêtements, mais je ne porte ni laine ni soie.

J'ai beaucoup de vêtements, mais je ne porte ni laine ni soie.
I have a lot of clothes, but I wear neither wool nor silk.
From Lesson 197:Multiple negations (ne... ni... ni...)·French

Questions & Answers about J'ai beaucoup de vêtements, mais je ne porte ni laine ni soie.

Where is the pas in the second half of the sentence?
When you use the multiple negative structure ne... ni... ni... (neither... nor...), it completely replaces ne... pas. You drop the pas because the ni... ni... part is already making the sentence negative.
Why is it just ni laine ni soie instead of ni de la laine ni de la soie?
There is a special rule for ni... ni...: indefinite articles (un, une, des) and partitive articles (du, de la, de l') are entirely dropped. Normally, you would say je porte de la laine (I wear wool) using the partitive article, but with ni... ni..., that article disappears.
Why is it beaucoup de vêtements and not beaucoup des vêtements?
This is a great refresher! After expressions of quantity like beaucoup (a lot), un peu (a little), or trop (too much/many), you always use just de (or d'). Even though vêtements is plural, the article is dropped after beaucoup.
Can I use the singular form of vêtements?
Yes, you can say un vêtement to refer to a single item of clothing or garment. However, just like the English word clothes, you will mostly encounter and use it in its plural form (les vêtements) for general everyday use.

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