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Re: Negation?

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, July 8, 1999, 2:45
Patrick Dunn wrote:
> "It didn't rain yesterday." "The sun shone yesterday."
What if all you know is that it didn't rain? That is, you didn't know if it was cloudy or sunny? -- "If all Printers were determin'd not to print any thing till they were sure it would offend no body, there would be very little printed" - Benjamin Franklin http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files/ http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ #: 18656696 AIM screen-name: NikTailor