English grammar questions, answered by Alan
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by azz »
"They all didn't have coats."
Can't this sentence have two meanings:
1) None of them had a coat.
2) Not all of them had coats.
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Alan
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by Alan »
No, it is equivalent to #1 only.
An alternative to #2 with 'all' would be
They didn't ALL have coats.