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Old Wed Apr 25, 2007, 12:24am
Jurassic Referee Jurassic Referee is offline
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Originally Posted by ChuckElias
Absolutely false. Logically, "some" is equivalent to "at least one", and can include "all".

"Some people enjoyed this" is true if only one person enjoyed it.
"Some people enjoyed this" is also true if everybody enjoyed it.
So, if I say "some people are short", it can logically follow that "all people are short"?

Scary thought........

Not that I've got anything against short people. I just wouldn't want my daughter to marry one.
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