Not all
- Scarcely a week goes by without some new scandal in the papers. (Scarcely as a part of noun phrase)
- Scarcely does a week go by without some new scandal in the papers. (Scarcely modifies the verb - does go by)
The question is why the the same could not be applied to "NOT"?
All transcripts are not accurate, unfortunately. (Here it modifies the verb rather than the noun.)
--> not are all transcripts accurate, unfortunately.
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Tara2 The question is why the the same could not be applied to "NOT"? "not" can't be used as a sentential adverb (an adverb that modifies an entire sentence or clause). Tara2 All transcripts are not accurate , unfortunately.
- Tara2 The question is why the the same could not be applied to "NOT"?
- "not" can't be used as a sentential adverb (an adverb that modifies an entire sentence or clause).
- Tara2 All transcripts are not accurate , unfortunately.
- A sentence with a universal quantifier on the subject and a negation is usually ambiguous.
- To change this, you write one of the following: Not all transcripts are accurate, unfortunately.
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Tara2The question is why the the same could not be applied to "NOT"?
"not" can't be used as a sentential adverb (an adverb that modifies an entire sentence or clause).
Tara2All transcripts are not accurate, unfortunately.
A sentence with a universal quantifier on the subject and a negation is usually
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