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Aya-san Posted 20 years ago
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no more than

1i00He has no more than 10 books.02i02br
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01cite10Aya-san12cite11i10He has no more than 10 books.12i12br
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10Does this sentence suggest the number of the books is exactly 10 or12br
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10it can be less11font10**12font10 than 10?12br
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0Hi Philip02br
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00Thank you for answering my question.02br
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00May I ask you one more question?02br
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01i00He has not more than 10 books.02i02br
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00Does this also mean the number is 10 or fewer?02br
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00If so, what is the difference between the sentence above?0-
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1i00Not more than 1002i00 means 01i0010 or fewer.02i02br
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01i00No more than 10 02i00means 01i00as few as 10.02i0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite11i10No more than 10 12i10means 11i10as few as 10.12i12br
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10So does that mean the number of the books is most likey 10, but one feels that it's a few?0-
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0no fewer than = as many as02br
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00not fewer than = more than or as many as0-
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