Which quantifiers can occur in "there BE" sentences, and what do they have in common?
I've figured out that there are strong quantifiers like most, all, every, both; and there are weak quantifiers like a, some, five, many.
Strong quantifiers express porportion in relation to a background set.
Weak quantifiers introduce new entities into discourse.
But, I don't see what strong and weak quantifiers have in common. I don't understand the principle that unites the concept of "there BE" quantifiers.
2006-12-16
13:19:50
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