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recently,I read a literature about "every" and "each",This involved a theory called the scope between quantifier and negation.
"A boy didn't eat every cookie" means "some cookies were eaten"."A boy didn't eat each cookie" means "no cookies were eaten".Are these two sentences right in meaning？
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recently,I read a literature about "every" and "each",This involved a theory called the scope between quantifier and negation.
"A boy didn't eat every cookie" means "some cookies were eaten"."A boy didn't eat each cookie" means "no cookies were eaten".Are these two sentences right in meaning？
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recently,I read a literature about "every" and "each",This involved a theory called the scope between quantifier and negation.
"A boy didn't eat every cookie" means "some cookies were eaten"."A boy didn't eat each cookie" means "no cookies were eaten".Are these two sentences right in meaning？
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recently,I read a literature about "every" and "each",This involved a theory called the scope between quantifier and negation.
"A boy didn't eat every cookie" means "some cookies were eaten"."A boy didn't eat each cookie" means "no cookies were eaten".Are these two sentences right in meaning？
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