Aug 7, 2019 · First, I know that "not all" is partial negation. For example, "not all the numbers are 0" means there may be a number that is nonzero. And to me, a non-native speaker of English, it seems …

Apr 12, 2020 · Recently I came across the following statement made by a native speaker of English: A. Not all transcripts are accurate, unfortunately. To me, it would need to be: B. Not are all transcripts …

Aug 10, 2020 · The form "All are not bad." is ambiguous. It could mean that the phrase "not bad" is true of all the students, which is not what is meant. According to Collins dictionary, "not bad" can mean …

Dec 21, 2015 · All of the books I have are not science fiction novels. As others have remarked, this sentence structure, and in particular this placement of the negation, is ambiguous. It has been …

Dec 24, 2019 · To answer the presenting question first, No, the two constructions are not always the same in meaning. There are several reasons for this. The most important one is the point made in …

Feb 14, 2015 · The proverb All that glitters is not gold is saying that everything that shines cannot be gold. This is in stark contrast to its logical meaning that not everything that shines must inevitably be g...

Feb 19, 2021 · In Not all countries can produce high quality product, we don't include the "infinitive marker" to before the infinitive verb produce (but it is required with the semantically equivalent are …

Jun 1, 2011 · Similarly, if you just had one student with breathing difficulties this is not excluded from the instruction. Some is enough here to cover both eventualities. It clearly signifies an indeterminate …

Dec 18, 2009 · Most if not all is a common phrase in English. It means that is something is true either all of the time or it is true nearly all of the time. Sometimes you will see it with commas before if not all: …

Jun 24, 2011 · Is the following sentence equivalent to the second one? All swans are not white. Not all swans are white. The first may mean that no swan is white.