Re: Subject/Object + Everyone/Someone

I would think being a lecturer in logic he would appreciate that the
order of the "for alls" and "there exists" matters a lot in the meaning.
The first is:

everyone (for all X) loves someone (there exists a Y such that loves(X,Y)).

The second is:

someone (there exists some X) is loved by everyone (such that for all X
loves(X,Y)).

I would say "someone" and "everyone" are still subjects and objects, but
with words like "Someone" or "Everyone" which qualify it is very
difficult to reorder them in any way without altering the meaning.

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