Exercise-ch6

Exercises for chapter 6: Quantifiers

Quantifier denotation

Complete the paraphrase for the following sentences with quantifiers.

1 Sentence: Pat read many books.

For x such that is a , Pat x.

2 Sentence: Most students work hard.

For such x is a , works .

3 Sentence: Pat knows some good movies.

For x , .

Complete the paraphrases for the following ambiguous sentences with quantifiers.

1 Sentence: Every linguist knows at least two languages.

Reading 1: For least x such that is a , for every y such that a , knows .

Reading 2: y that , at least x is , .

2 Sentence: Few actors star in many movies.

Reading 1: { few _4 } x { that _5 } is an actor, y is a , in .

Reading 2: y , is , x in .