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Anonymous Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Global negation and local negation

No job is better than teaching. (global negation)

No job is better than a dangerous job. (local negation)


What's the difference between global negation and local negation?

  

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anonymous What's the difference between global negation and local negation? Both those sentences are ambiguous and can be read either way. You need more words if you want to be understood.

  • anonymous What's the difference between global negation and local negation?
  • Both those sentences are ambiguous and can be read either way.
  • You need more words if you want to be understood.
  • There is no job better than teaching.
  • No job at all is better than a dangerous job.
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anonymousWhat's the difference between global negation and local negation?

Both those sentences are ambiguous and can be read either way. You need more words if you want to be understood.

There is no job better than teaching.

No job at all is better than a dangerous job.

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