我也查了一些学习英语的论坛,讨论 partial negation or total negation,对于 All ... not 这类表达的,也许需要看上下文才能判断。虽然单个句子理论上是部分否定。
Hello, I want to ask about partial and total negation. What does the sentence below mean? "All the people didn't take part in the event." Does this mean the same as "Not all the people took part in the event." or "None of the people took part in the event.", or either? I think that it...
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我觉得,如果要表达完全否定,就不要用 All ... not,为避免误解,干脆就用否定主语来表达完全否定:
No one likes him.
Nobody is better than her.