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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Presupposition
Some say that a sentence such as
John doesn't know that Bill came.
presupposes 'Bill came.'
But another sentence like
I don't know that Bill came
does not presuppose 'Bill came.'
Why is so?
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