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Re: Not just.



>  indicates that the predication holds
> for X and that there is at least one other X' that is also true.

po`onai. I thought it was you who came up with that.

> And just to complete the quadruple, there is "not even X" that is like 'non-',
>  but X is false and all other X' are also
> false.

I'll leave that for Xorxes to work out. I'm too tired.

Be warned: do not start a thread on the meaning of "even".
Or, if you do, first read 'Even' by Paul Kay in _Linguistics and
Philosophy_ from c. 1991.

--And