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Contraposition Posted 12 years ago
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other than

I have never known him to behave other than selfishly.

Does this sentence mean 'he is always selfish'? And why is the present perfect used?
  

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contraposition Does this sentence mean 'he is always selfish'? Yes, or more accurately, As far as I know from my own experience, he has always been selfish. hence the present perfect.

— CalifJim

  • contraposition Does this sentence mean 'he is always selfish'?
  • Yes, or more accurately, As far as I know from my own experience, he has always been selfish.
  • hence the present perfect.
  • CJ
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contrapositionDoes this sentence mean 'he is always selfish'?
Yes, or more accurately,

As far as I know from my own experience, he has always been selfish.

hence the present perfect.

CJ
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