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Poem: "Perhaps this could have stayed unstated" | No X is so ... that... can't
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not so busy that ... can't Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:15 am  not so busy that ... can't		  
I have two questions for (1).

(1) He is not so busy that he can't go for a walk now and then.

#1
Do you agree that (2) is the paraphrase of (1)?

(2) He is not too busy to go for a walk now and then.

#2
Do you agree that (3) correctly explains what (1) actually means?

(3) Though he is (very) busy, he can still go for a walk now and then.

Thank you in advance
Seiichi MYOGA
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not so busy that ... can't Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:08 am  not so busy that ... can't		  
Yes. I agree. Those are all equivalent.
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not so busy that ... can't Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:27 am  not so busy that ... can't		  
Dear Jamie (K),

I appreciate your help and comments.

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