kerrynitz: but the problem lies when they are dropped from the sentence - eg cabalamat's example becomes "Everyone likes cats" Or even better a statement like

kerrynitz: but the problem lies when they are dropped from the sentence - eg cabalamat's example becomes "Everyone likes cats" Or even better a statement like "all decent people like cats". This has the form of a type [1] statement but the meaning of a type [2] statement.