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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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All the people in the world or not?
Hi. Is this correct? The sentence may not make sense, but I'm focusing on the use of the word "others." Thank you for your help in advance.
In the sentence, do the "people" and "others" make up all the people in the world? If that's what it indicates, then I don't want it to mean that.
He thinks in our life there are people who give you money and there are others who take it away from you.
I think the following version of the above sentence would indicate all the people in the world when you combine
"some people" and "others."
He thinks in our life there are some people who give you money and there are others who take it away from you.
In the sentence, do the "people" and "others" make up all the people in the world? If that's what it indicates, then I don't want it to mean that.
He thinks in our life there are people who give you money and there are others who take it away from you.
I think the following version of the above sentence would indicate all the people in the world when you combine
"some people" and "others."
He thinks in our life there are some people who give you money and there are others who take it away from you.
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Anonymous In the sentence, do the "people" and "others" make up all the people in the world? If that's what it indicates, then I don't want it to mean that. Logically speaking, it doesn't.
- Anonymous In the sentence, do the "people" and "others" make up all the people in the world?
- If that's what it indicates, then I don't want it to mean that.
- Logically speaking, it doesn't.
- But because we typically think and structure lists of alternatives as exhaustive lists, it has that implication, and it's a difficult implication to escape.
- He thinks that in our life there are some people who give you money, and others who take it away from you .
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AnonymousIn the sentence, do the "people" and "others" make up all the people in the world? If that's what it indicates, then I don't want it to mean that.Logically speaking, it doesn't. But because we typically think and structure lists of alternatives as exhaustive lists, it has that implication, and it's a difficult implication to escape.
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CSnyderHe thinks that in our life there are some people who give you money, some who take it away from you, and some who do neither. which is a hideous option.Well, I wouldn't go that far: it does have some merit as rhetoric.
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