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Tinanam0102 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

None of this means

Hi teachers,

None of this means the Internet has not been important.

Does that mean "the Internet has been important"?

Thank you.

Tinanam
  

Top answer

Yes but no. This is the thrust of the statement: 'none of whatever ('this') does not prove that the internet has been unimportant so far'.

  • Yes but no.
  • This is the thrust of the statement: 'none of whatever ('this') does not prove that the internet has been unimportant so far'.
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Yes but no. This is the thrust of the statement: 'none of whatever ('this') does not prove that the internet has been unimportant so far'.
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Hi Mister Micawber,

Thank you for explanation.

Best wishes,

Tinanam
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tinanam0102Hi teachers,

None of this means the Internet has not been important.

Does that mean "the Internet has been important"? not necessarily

Thank you.
Tinanam
"this" just doesn't mean that the internet has not been important.
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tinanam0102Does that mean "the Internet has been important"?
Not exactly, but you are on the right track. The double negation can be troublesome. It says this:

We can't conclude from what has been presented in the text so far
that the Internet has been unimportant.

Note that this does not say that we can conclude f
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Hi CalifJim,

Thank you for your explanation. I will remember that.

Have a lovely day.

Best wishes,

Tinanam

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