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quantifier raising
A noun phrase is a group of words that acts like a noun in a sentence or phrase (e.g., un je ne sais quoi).
a. la montée du quantificateur (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
The English sentence "Every student read a book" is often used in discussions of quantifier raising because it can have more than one interpretation.La phrase anglaise « Every student read a book » est souvent utilisée dans les discussions sur la montée du quantificateur parce qu'elle peut avoir plus d'une interprétation.
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