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Re: Modern manglings of the English language
Posted By: Paul A., on host 130.95.128.6
Date: Sunday, May 7, 2000, at 06:44:07
In Reply To: Re: Modern manglings of the English language posted by gremlinn on Thursday, May 4, 2000, at 10:43:30:

> What bothers me is to hear people say things such as "Everyone doesn't make money on the
> stock market", instead of "Not everyone makes money on the stock market".

"All that glisters is not gold."

> The first phrasing is equivalent to "No one makes money on the stock market".

No it's not, it's equivalent to "It is not the case that everyone makes money on the stock market."

Paul