In Negations^x

Looking at it all again it is clear that must not is not necessarily the negation of must. It will depend on the degree of compulsion required. Must not is effectively banning someone from doing something. You must not look directly at the sun during an eclipse or you will damage your eyes....

An interesting question. 1a] I must go to the gym today. The above is fine. Well, if you want the neagation form, I would write the following: 1b] I must not go to the gym today. Now let us take this example for yesterday. 2a] I had to go to the gym yesterday....

Not necessarily, Nona - it's pretty hard to say which is actually the negation of (a)"you must go to the store," but certainly (b) "you must not go to the store" has a very different meaning from (c) "You needn't go to the store," (or "You don't have to go to the store.") In practice, I think...

I think it would be simply 'must not'.

what is negation of "must"? can u explain it to me? thanks a lot...

Usages of adverbial 'Much' 1. 'Much' as a verb modifier. 'Very much' and 'much' can modify adjectival prepositional phrases I am very much at home in this area. We were much in need of new ideas. =We were very needful of new ideas. =New ideas are much...

Hi paco, I wasn't careful enough to check the content. Sorry for that. Then .. how about ' ~be not so much interesting.'? In negation, it is possible, at the very least, to use 'much' with adjectives. I felt curious about that. -- Maybe I missed this point: {quote=MrP} I would take the...

Hello, I'd like to leave your comment to more reliable hand of rvw. I think I can understand what you said. So... you think, with a little modification in your statement, your hypothesis can be maintained. I don't disagree. I suspect that my question below belongs to another usage of 'much'...

Anonymous wrote: ...how should we negate these sentences? He is very loved. The answer seems obvious. Then ... the original sentences and negated sentences could be considered as 'stative' sentences; then what is quantified..? Interestingly, 'he is not much loved' has an air of ironic...

Overview: outsiders seeks help of linguists part one: the set up part two: the questions I. I am a graduate student in philosophy investigating what we call "epistemic possibility". Sentence express this modality when they assert that something is possible relative to some epistemic...