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Is the grammar of this sentence correct?
Any children could not go to school.
Does it have the same meaning as the following sentences:
All children could not go to school.
Every child could not go to school.
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Is the grammar of this sentence correct?
Any children could not go to school.
Does it have the same meaning as the following sentences:
All children could not go to school.
Every child could not go to school.
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"Any children could not go to school' does not imply that there actually were any children that were prevented from going to school. The corresponding sentences with "all" and "every" do imply there were some children affected (in my opinion, anyhow). In this way, the version with "any" resembles the "all" quantifier of predicate logic.
– Greg Lee
yesterday
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Is the grammar of this sentence correct?
Any children could not go to school.
Does it have the same meaning as the following sentences:
All children could not go to school.
Every child could not go to school.
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Is the grammar of this sentence correct?
Any children could not go to school.
Does it have the same meaning as the following sentences:
All children could not go to school.
Every child could not go to school.
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"Any children could not go to school' does not imply that there actually were any children that were prevented from going to school. The corresponding sentences with "all" and "every" do imply there were some children affected (in my opinion, anyhow). In this way, the version with "any" resembles the "all" quantifier of predicate logic.
– Greg Lee
yesterday
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"Any children could not go to school' does not imply that there actually were any children that were prevented from going to school. The corresponding sentences with "all" and "every" do imply there were some children affected (in my opinion, anyhow). In this way, the version with "any" resembles the "all" quantifier of predicate logic.
– Greg Lee
yesterday
"Any children could not go to school' does not imply that there actually were any children that were prevented from going to school. The corresponding sentences with "all" and "every" do imply there were some children affected (in my opinion, anyhow). In this way, the version with "any" resembles the "all" quantifier of predicate logic.
– Greg Lee
yesterday
"Any children could not go to school' does not imply that there actually were any children that were prevented from going to school. The corresponding sentences with "all" and "every" do imply there were some children affected (in my opinion, anyhow). In this way, the version with "any" resembles the "all" quantifier of predicate logic.
– Greg Lee
yesterday
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"Any children could not go to school' does not imply that there actually were any children that were prevented from going to school. The corresponding sentences with "all" and "every" do imply there were some children affected (in my opinion, anyhow). In this way, the version with "any" resembles the "all" quantifier of predicate logic.
– Greg Lee
yesterday