Questions & Answers about Il dato scende velocemente, ma nessuno ci crede.
Why is there a ci before crede?
The verb credere takes the preposition a when you believe a fact or a situation. Here, ci replaces that whole preceding statement. In the same way that il che can refer back to a complete clause, ci replaces a + [the preceding idea], meaning 'believes it'. Since this lesson is about il che, how could I use it here?
Il che means 'which' and refers back to an entire previous clause. You could use it instead of ma to add a descriptive comment about the whole situation. For example: Il dato scende velocemente, il che è sorprendente (The figure drops quickly, which is surprising). I usually see 'data' translated as i dati. Why is it il dato here?
Il dato is the singular form, meaning a single piece of data, a 'figure', or a 'stat'. While English often uses 'data' collectively for both singular and plural, Italian distinguishes between one specific statistic (il dato) and a plural data set (i dati). Why doesn't nessuno require a double negative here?
When a negative word like nessuno (nobody) comes before the verb, you don't need to add non. You only use a double negative if you place nessuno after the verb for emphasis, as in: ma non ci crede nessuno. Learn Il dato scende velocemente, ma nessuno ci crede and more in Italian
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