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> The problem with that is that "the three men" in the > second part is not always a well defined set. Suppose you > say "It is not the case that three men are inside > the house. Two of the three men ..." Of which three men??? Fair enough, although stuff under negation is funky. Perhaps part about the two men is under the negation too?
That won't usually work. For example if the second sentence is logically connected, the negation can't include it. And in any case, it is not just negations but anything with scope. For example: "Each of the five women talked about three men. Two of the three men..." Of which three men, if there were up to fifteen men talked about? mu'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=7474&SU= http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_stopmorespam_3mf