All of… not/ Not all of / None of.
What is the significance of these words “None of… are” as opposed to all of “are”? What does
science fiction mean if I chose not to read books I like? Some are good science fiction novels, they are terrible
fiction,) All of the books I have in my library are not science fiction novels. (PARTIAL Negation: some of wikipedia books are Science Fiction
novels ) 3) None of the books I have are Sci Fi books. Is this correct then we can’t ignore the fact that there’s only
one science fiction novel in the book?
I think that 2) and 3) should be FULL negation and have the same meaning that “not a single one is a science fiction novel” whereas 1) is PARTIAL negation and indicates “Some may be science fiction novels”. Am I wrong with some of it?
What do you think of the change in the government policy-makers in the past few days?
“All of A are not B” means the most basic of A are not B. There is
another difference as well: “Non all is B” carries a heavy implication that at least some of A are B. However there are some phrases where
“all… not” and “not all…” are used interchangeably: “All is not lost” = “all” – Logically
this means that every single thing is not lost. When nothing is lost only what is sinned of is lost. What does “lost” and “brought back” mean?
Everything that glitters is not gold. (Fragments/Windows that glitter) – Logically this means that every single thing that glitters (“All that glitters”) is not gold, i.e. anything that melts. Then there is other things that do it. What is gold? Does it shine? I was noticing that only because she is glittering, it is not gold. I mean what gold is, I have seen some gems and it glittered. There is also this (no problem though) but I understand. Gold glitters, as do many other things.
How do you explain a phrase like those by myself? If you think these phrases are wrong, maybe the fact that you know what they mean does
not mean that you know everything?
“All of A are not B” means the most basic of A are not B. There is
another difference as well: “Non all is B” carries a heavy implication that at least some of A are B. However there are some phrases where
“all… not” and “not all…” are used interchangeably: “All is not lost” = “all” – Logically
this means that every single thing is not lost. When nothing is lost only what is sinned of is lost. What does “lost” and “brought back” mean?
Everything that glitters is not gold. (Fragments/Windows that glitter) – Logically this means that every single thing that glitters (“All that glitters”) is not gold, i.e. anything that melts. Then there is other things that do it. What is gold? Does it shine? I was noticing that only because she is glittering, it is not gold. I mean what gold is, I have seen some gems and it glittered. There is also this (no problem though) but I understand. Gold glitters, as do many other things.
How do you explain a phrase like those by myself? If you think these phrases are wrong, maybe the fact that you know what they mean does
not mean that you know everything?
All of the books I have aren’t science fiction novels. As others have remarked, this sentence structure, and in particular this placement of the negation, is ambiguous. Is a question discussed before here?
What isn’t modified in a sentence? If it is intended to modify the complement, and if one can make that apparent, then there is no ambiguity. All of the books I have are non-fiction. If there are a sufficiently clearly determined class of books that are labelled non-fiction, and all of the speaker’s books belong to it, then we are required to make them public. Non-fiction is not quite the same as ‘nonfiction’, of course, because of the omnipresent grey area between fiction and non-fiction. There’s an infinite number of potential uses. Nevertheless, it is often enough to express the intended meaning.)
On the other hand, one might shift the reading slightly in favour of what is referred to as partial negation in your question. All of the books I have aren’t scientific fiction novels.
Can we change a word? Can we change something?
