Joern Matthias
Junior Member
- Joined
- Nov 23, 2008
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- German
- Home Country
- Germany
- Current Location
- Germany
1a) It is not true that anyone has asked me for money.
1b) It is not true that someone has asked me for money.
I know the first sentence implies that nobody has asked me for money because of the negative sense in the main clause governing the rest of the sentence. Can the same
mechanism be used in sentence 1b) implying that someone specific (in my mind) has not asked me for money?
What about these two sentences?
2a) I am not angry that anyone has asked me for money.
2b) I am not angry that someone has asked me for money.
Could sentence 2a) mean that nobody asked me for money?
How could the listener or reader understand sentence 2b)? Can this sentence only
convey the meaning that someone has really asked me for money or could it
also mean that someone specific (in my mind) has not asked me for money?
Greetings from Bavaria
Joern
1b) It is not true that someone has asked me for money.
I know the first sentence implies that nobody has asked me for money because of the negative sense in the main clause governing the rest of the sentence. Can the same
mechanism be used in sentence 1b) implying that someone specific (in my mind) has not asked me for money?
What about these two sentences?
2a) I am not angry that anyone has asked me for money.
2b) I am not angry that someone has asked me for money.
Could sentence 2a) mean that nobody asked me for money?
How could the listener or reader understand sentence 2b)? Can this sentence only
convey the meaning that someone has really asked me for money or could it
also mean that someone specific (in my mind) has not asked me for money?
Greetings from Bavaria
Joern