This camera will cost no less than 1000 dollars.

[angliholic]

This camera will cost no less than 1000 dollars.
This camera will cost as many dollars as 1000.
This camera will cost not less than 1000 dollars.
This camera will cost at least 1000 dollars.


Do all of the above versions convey the same ideas to you? If not, which ones are identical and which ones are not? Thanks.

[Hi_there_Carl]

This camera will cost at least 1000 dollars.

[2006]

This camera will cost no less than 1,000 dollars.
This camera will cost as many dollars as 1000. This camera will cost as much as 1,000 dollars.
This camera will cost not less than 1,000 dollars.
This camera will cost at least 1,000 dollars.
1, 3, and 4 have the same meaning. Do you know how the second differs?

Do all of the above versions convey the same ideas to you? If not, which ones are identical and which ones are not? Thanks.

2006

[angliholic]

This camera will cost at least 1000 dollars.

Thanks, Carl.
But what do you mean by that?

2006

Thanks, 2006, for the correction.

After your correction, the first and the second version convey the same idea, while the third and the last are all but identical. My grammar book states that, and I wonder why it doesn't correspond to the gut feelings of native speakers.

[2006]

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But what do you mean by that?
If you're asking what "at least 1,000 dollars" means, it means '1,000 dollars or more (than 1,000 dollars)'. (can't be less than 1,000 dollars)
After your correction, the first and the second version convey the same idea, while the third and the last are all but identical. My grammar book states that
No. 1, 3 and 4 have the same meaning, the one described above.

After my correction, No. 2 means '1,000 dollars or less (than 1,000 dollars). (can't be more than 1,000 dollars)

2006