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paul fox - 2016-05-10
In response to Re Faking relevance (PhD teacher)

Yes, you can say 'mei ge ren' = every person, but that doesn't work in the example I gave.

'mei ge ren bu zhi dao' = 'every person doesn't know', which is not the same as 'mei you ren bu zhi dao' = 'nobody doesn't know'.

Also 'mei ge ren bu zhi dao' is NOT a double negative, and 'double negatives' was the subject we were discussing.

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