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What is the role of と particle in 「二度としない」? Is it [quotative,
adverbialisation, change of state or
supposition](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/2666/what-is-the-
function-of-when-its-not-quoting-or-doing-exhaustive-listing/2670#2670)?

Also, what extra nuances does it contribute to the expression compared to if も
is used instead (二度もしない)?
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The role of と particle in 「二度としない」
It's best to consider 二度と as an adverb on its own, meaning '(not) again'.

The 二度 here is pronounced 「にど」, but the meaning aligns with its alternate
reading, 「ふたたび」 -- which is, of course, usually written 再び in modern Japanese.

The と here feels very similar in usage to the と in an onomatopoeic expression
like きっぱりと [an intuition which seems to be confirmed, since they're adjacent
senses in 大辞林], but is used very much like English '(not) [small amount]',
e.g. 'It won't cost you a penny' (「1円とかからない」). The difference with 二度と just
seems to be that its frequency of use is raised to the level of a more
standard adverb. Additionally, there's also またと, which carries basically the
same meaning, and is generally used in the adjectival expression またとない.

As for 二度も -- this is actually entirely different, being a simple production
of 二度+も, and meaning 'even twice' (positive or negative). I'll refer you to
ALC for examples: <http://eow.alc.co.jp/%E4%BA%8C%E5%BA%A6%E3%82%82/UTF-8>
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I do not know what “adverbialisation” means, because the particle と which
signifies quotation, change of state, and supposition also makes an adverbial
phrase.

This と signifies a limit on something in a similar way to “even” in English,
but its usage is restricted compared to “even.” と is attached to a small
quantity and used with negation, and means that something is even below the
stated (small) quantity.

> 五分と待てない (from
> [Daijirin](http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=%E3%81%A8&dtype=0&dname=0ss&stype=1&pagenum=1&index=113712900000),
> sense 1-[6]); cannot wait even for five minutes (let alone ten minutes)

Therefore, the literal meaning of 二度としない is “will not do even twice,” which
means “will not do again.”
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