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partial/complete negation Wed Oct 24, 2007 17:20 pm  partial/complete negation
 

"We don't need all bedrooms in our house, so we will use one of them as a study."

I think this sentecse means "we need some bedrooms but not all of them", a kind of partial negation, am I right? How do you say for a complete negation then?
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partial/complete negation Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:39 am  partial/complete negation
 

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We don't need any of the bedrooms.
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partial/complete negation Thu Oct 25, 2007 17:31 pm  partial/complete negation
 

Wow, that sounds very clear! Thanks!
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partial/complete negation Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:04 am  partial/complete negation
 

How about "we don't need any bedroom"? It would be the same, right?
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partial/complete negation Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:49 am  partial/complete negation
 

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We do not normally use the singular here, Sunflower.
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