Meaning of verb + つもりも + potential verb + 程

Question

In a letter by a mangaka at the end of a manga, I encountered the following sentence:

〝正しいこと〟なんて描くつもりも描ける程、自分を上等とも思っていないけど〝つまらないこと〟だけはしないようにしていきたいなって思います

Is verb + つもりも + potential verb + 程 a fixed expression or do I have to interpret it literally?

Here you can see the original page. Thank you for your help!

Related: japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/28880/…
– user4032
Commented Jan 4, 2020 at 4:05 — user4032, Commented Jan 4, 2020 at 4:05
Was it 「上等も」 or 「上等とも」?
– user4032
Commented Jan 4, 2020 at 4:05 — user4032, Commented Jan 4, 2020 at 4:05
It was 上等とも, I corrected it, thank you @l'électeur
– Marco
Commented Jan 4, 2020 at 4:11 — Marco, Commented Jan 4, 2020 at 4:11

chocolate · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-04 03:59:10Z

3

You don't seem to be parsing it correctly, I'm afraid...

I think you could probably parse it as something like...

［〝正しいこと〟なんて描くつもりも］、［描ける程、自分を上等とも思ってい］ないけど...

And you could split it to:

→〝正しいこと〟なんて描くつもりもない
+ （〝正しいこと〟が）描ける程、自分を上等とも思っていないけど...

「XXもYYも～～ない」(or 「XXもないしYYも～～ない」) = "neither XX nor YY"

answered Jan 4, 2020 at 3:50

chocolate♦

66.3k5 gold badges101 silver badges210 bronze badges

Add a comment |

1 Answer 1