"You can't trust all of them" Is this sentence a partial negation or a complete negation?
wotcha Senior Member Joined Jun 29, 2010 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Korean Home Country South Korea Current Location South Korea Aug 25, 2013 #1 "You can't trust all of them" Is this sentence a partial negation or a complete negation?
emsr2d2 Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location UK Aug 25, 2013 #2 wotcha said: "You can't trust all of them" Is this sentence a partial negation or a complete negation? Click to expand... You can't trust all of them = You can trust some of them = You should distrust all of them. You can't trust any of them = They are all untrustworthy.
wotcha said: "You can't trust all of them" Is this sentence a partial negation or a complete negation? Click to expand... You can't trust all of them = You can trust some of them = You should distrust all of them. You can't trust any of them = They are all untrustworthy.