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Kook j Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Anywhere

I don't want to have my cell phone anywhere with me.

Could above mean I don't always want to have my cell phone with me?
  

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Hi I don't want to have my cell phone anywhere with me A more common word order is I don't want to have my cell phone with me anyywhere. Could above mean I don't always want to have my cell phone with me? No, 'not always' can mean 'sometimes'.

— Clive

  • Hi I don't want to have my cell phone anywhere with me A more common word order is I don't want to have my cell phone with me anyywhere.
  • Could above mean I don't always want to have my cell phone with me?
  • No, 'not always' can mean 'sometimes'.
  • The first sentence suggests ' never '.
  • CliveI ,
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Hi

I don't want to have my cell phone anywhere with me

A more common word order is I don't want to have my cell phone with me anyywhere.


Could above mean I don't always want to have my cell phone with me?

No, 'not always' can mean 'sometimes'. The first sentence suggests 'nev
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Now that's a confusing sentence.

I think you mean to say:

I don't ever want to have my cell phone with me, no matter where I go.
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Thanks. Sometimes I wonder how negation affects entire sentence.

I don't want to have my cell phone with me everywhere. (I don't always want to have my cell phone with me.)

Could above be a possible expression?
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kook jI don't want to have my cell phone anywhere with me.
Negation and "anywhere" in this sentence sounded to me like the old 45 playing backward.
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