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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 11:51 pm Post subject: None |
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1.All of us didn't want to go to bed.
2.None wanted to go to bed. |
Someone said that #1 is incorrect while #2 is correct.
Is that right? Can you tell me why?
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Mister Micawber
Joined: 23 Mar 2006
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Location: Yokohama
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I wouldn't say 'incorrect'; just awkward. We tend to move the negation forward, I believe:
I don't think I can come tomorrow.
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