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查了一下，d. "Usage Note : ....Sentences of the form All X's are not Y may be ambiguous. ...“

c1xwy(洪兴罩俺去战斗)
...All of the departments did not file a report may mean that some departments did not file, or that none did. The first meaning can be expressed unambiguously by the sentence Not all of the departments filed a report. The second meaning requires a paraphrase such as None of the departments filed a report or All of the departments failed to file a report. The same problem can arise with other universal terms such as every in negated sentences, as in the ambiguous Every department did not file a report....
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  • 工作学习 / 外语学习 / 雅思考题：All of us will not come. -platoon2(NothingIsImpossible); 2010-6-9 {120} (#6115512@0)
    a) Nobody will go.
    b) Two people will go.
    c) Neither a) nor b).
    d) Either a) or b).

    Please select the best answer.
    • c -frankbd(中外多少事都付笑谈中); 2010-6-9 (#6115520@0)
    • b -lamjin(lamjin); 2010-6-9 (#6117666@0)
    • a -c1xwy(洪兴罩俺去战斗); 2010-6-9 (#6117673@0)
    • c -zoomin(毛豆儿); 2010-6-9 (#6117680@0)
    • c，不是所有人都来。 -wireless_mouse(无线小滑鼠); 2010-6-9 (#6117706@0)
    • 查了一下，d. "Usage Note : ....Sentences of the form All X's are not Y may be ambiguous. ...“ -c1xwy(洪兴罩俺去战斗); 2010-6-9 {515} (#6117794@0)
      ...All of the departments did not file a report may mean that some departments did not file, or that none did. The first meaning can be expressed unambiguously by the sentence Not all of the departments filed a report. The second meaning requires a paraphrase such as None of the departments filed a report or All of the departments failed to file a report. The same problem can arise with other universal terms such as every in negated sentences, as in the ambiguous Every department did not file a report....

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