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Union Scribe

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1. I think people generally say what they mean
Thu Feb 2, 2012, 01:28 AM
Feb 2012

When they include some they mean some, and when they leave it out it's on purpose. I saw some people claiming that such unqualified statements should be read with an assumed "some" but that is grossly illogical. If I say "cars are blue" it doesn't make any sense without "some." But if I want to say "cars are awful" a reader is given no reason to think I only mean some cars.

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