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You won't find many unbiased native english speakers who agree that the (some) is the implication there. It's just not how the language is used in every day sp

You won't find many unbiased native english speakers who agree that the (some) is the implication there. It's just not how the language is used in every day speech for exactly the reasons I outlined previously. At this point there's no reason to continue with this conversation. The basis of your argument is flawed, but you're not likely to see it, and I'm not likely to give you any leeway with respect to the (some) interpretation. So lets stop here.

dllthomas 11y ago
As a native English speaker, I very much read it as an implicit "some", for whatever that's worth. I don't know whether I'm unbiased - I'm not sure what positions/beliefs would be expected to bias me... I understand us to be discussing the phrase, "One thing non-believers report missing the most is a community." I would paraphrase, "If you survey non-believers, asking them what they miss most, one thing that shows up is community." I would include a pragmatic expectation that it shows up a non-negligible portion of the time, or else we shouldn't be bothering to mention it; but certainly no expectation that it be a majority or even plurality.