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Could you please tell me if "somewhere" is the opposite of "nowhere"? I know that "everywhere" is the opposite of "nowhere", but for "somewhere", I am not sure.
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Joseph A
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In the matter of quantifiers there are no real opposites. There is a three-way split when it comes to these indefinite pronoun quantifiers. everybody; somebody; nobody everything; something; nothing everywhere; somewhere; nowhere I suppose you could say that somewhere is the opposite of nowhere, and somewhere is the opposite of everywhere, because somewhere is not nowhere and somewhere is not everywhere either.
- In the matter of quantifiers there are no real opposites.
- There is a three-way split when it comes to these indefinite pronoun quantifiers.
- everybody; somebody; nobody everything; something; nothing everywhere; somewhere; nowhere I suppose you could say that somewhere is the opposite of nowhere, and somewhere is the opposite of everywhere, because somewhere is not nowhere and somewhere is not everywhere either.
- Likewise, everywhere is not somewhere nor nowhere, and nowhere is not somewhere nor everywhere, so each of these has to be taken as a separate concept.
- In a way, you're asking if 2 is the opposite of 7 or if 53 is the opposite of 18.
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In the matter of quantifiers there are no real opposites.
There is a three-way split when it comes to these indefinite pronoun quantifiers.
everybody; somebody; nobody
everything; something; nothing
everywhere; somewhere; nowhere
I suppose you could say that somewhere is the opposite of nowhere, and somewhere is the opposite of everywhere, because somewhere is not now
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