partial/complete negation

Phoo · #1 (permalink) Wed Oct 24, 2007 16:20 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?

Mister Micawber · #2 (permalink) Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:39 am *partial/complete negation*

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We don't need any of the bedrooms.
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Phoo · #3 (permalink) Thu Oct 25, 2007 16:31 pm *partial/complete negation*

Wow, that sounds very clear! Thanks!

Sunflower.baby · #4 (permalink) Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:04 am *partial/complete negation*

How about "we don't need any bedroom"? It would be the same, right?

Mister Micawber · #5 (permalink) Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:49 am *partial/complete negation*

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We do not normally use the singular here, Sunflower.
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