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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Is these sentences correct?

To no person have I not given money.
To no person haven't I given money.
  

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Sentence 1. is okay and means that you've given money to every person. Sentence 2.

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  • Sentence 1.
  • is okay and means that you've given money to every person.
  • Sentence 2.
  • is ungrammatical.
  • It's sentence 1 with the words slightly re-arranged: To no person have not I given money.
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Sentence 1. is okay and means that you've given money to every person.

Sentence 2. is ungrammatical. It's sentence 1 with the words slightly re-arranged: 

To no person have not I given money.

Word order is important in English, a non-inflected language, and with this word order the sentence is no longer understandable.

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