Are these sentences correct ?
We can not start the meeting because not everybody has arrived.
They have no house. But they lost not everything in the earthquake.
Thank you
Pronouns in negative sentence
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Re: Pronouns in negative sentence
#1, yes.
#2, no, but you could say e.g. '...not eveything was lost...'
#2, no, but you could say e.g. '...not eveything was lost...'