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Laura13 on October 6, 2020

What is the correct negation for None?

Would it be possible to provide a list of the negations, because I thought the negation for none was all? Thanks!

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shunhe on October 7, 2020

Hi @Laura13,

Thanks for the question! The correct negation for “none” is actually just “not none,” or in other words, “some!” That’s the way you want to think about negations, just stick the word “not” in front of whatever you’re negating. So the negation of “all,” for example, is “not all,” or “some are not.” The negation of “some,” however, is “not some,” or “none.” And it makes sense—what’s the opposite of nothing? Well, something! Doesn’t have to be everything.

Hope this helps! Feel free to ask any other questions that you might have.

Laura13 on October 7, 2020

This definitely helps, thanks!