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Djinlondon Posted 3 years ago
Grammar
Does this sentence have two meanings?
Every boy does not like playing football.
1. All the boys don't like playing football.
2. Some boys like playing football but others don't.
Does the above sentence have the meaning no. 1 and no. 2 based on the context?
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djinlondon Does the above sentence have the meaning no. 1 and no. 2 based on the context?
- djinlondon Does the above sentence have the meaning no.
- 1 and no.
- 2 based on the context?
- Yes.
- That's why you should not use a universal quantifier in the subject (every, all, both) and then negate the verb.
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djinlondonDoes the above sentence have the meaning no. 1 and no. 2 based on the context?
Yes. That's why you should not use a universal quantifier in the subject (every, all, both) and then negate the verb.
Don't write
All the students were not absent.
Write one of these instead, depending what you mean:
Not
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