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The more northern dialects are infected with certain negation-related illogicalities too. Consider this New York Times headline: “All Options Are Not on the T
by anderskaseorg 5y ago
The more northern dialects are infected with certain negation-related illogicalities too. Consider this New York Times headline:
“All Options Are Not on the Table as Biden Moves Troops Closer to Ukraine”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/05/us/politics/biden-ukraine-russia-war.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/05/us/politics/biden-ukraine...
which should have been “Not All Options Are on the Table”, since the intended interpretation is
¬∀ option, on(option, table)
rather than the very different
∀ option, ¬on(option, table).
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