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None of would add that every bid failed; all would assert universal success.","Not every booking was confirmed; we still need to check which ones were.",[19],{"id":20,"blankNumber":21,"options":22},"01a0e1ab-db9d-78de-9301-ee45d351920f",1,[23,27,31],{"id":24,"optionText":25,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7836-9301-ee45d171ae82","None of",false,{"id":28,"optionText":29,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db9d-787a-9301-ee45d256176a","Not all",true,{"id":32,"optionText":33,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db9d-78b6-9301-ee45d2d742f9","All",2,{"id":36,"sentenceTemplate":37,"displayOrder":21,"explanation":38,"exampleSentence":39,"blanks":40},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7a2a-9301-ee45d5c59c8c","The inspection found zero compliant sites. The summary must express that complete absence: __1__ site complied with the safety rule.","No states that there were zero compliant sites. 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Both allows the excluded outcome, and neither does not fit this clause structure; neither extension may be granted would exclude even one.","The two discounts cannot both apply to a single purchase.",[59],{"id":60,"blankNumber":21,"options":61},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7ad2-9301-ee45d7bd7c0c",[62,65,68],{"id":63,"optionText":64,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7a6e-9301-ee45d652b54c","not both",{"id":66,"optionText":67,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7a92-9301-ee45d711efe9","both",{"id":69,"optionText":70,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7ab2-9301-ee45d78365ed","neither",{"id":72,"sentenceTemplate":73,"displayOrder":74,"explanation":75,"exampleSentence":76,"blanks":77},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7be2-9301-ee45dbc0a548","Both certificates remained unsigned. To state the full result rather than merely exclude two signatures, write: __1__ certificate was signed.",3,"Neither denies a signature for each of the two certificates. Not every is weaker, while one asserts a signature contrary to the result.","Neither of the emergency exits was locked.",[78],{"id":79,"blankNumber":21,"options":80},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7bae-9301-ee45dae8a27e",[81,83,86],{"id":82,"optionText":46,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7b4e-9301-ee45d8f96578",{"id":84,"optionText":85,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7b72-9301-ee45d99e2f82","Neither",{"id":87,"optionText":88,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7b8e-9301-ee45da395f94","One",{"id":90,"sentenceTemplate":91,"displayOrder":92,"explanation":93,"exampleSentence":94,"blanks":95},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7cc6-9301-ee45df41fefc","In an ordinary negative statement, use the form that denies even one inspection, rather than allowing a particular-inspection reading: the team did not conduct __1__ inspections.",4,"Any in this ordinary negative construction expresses zero inspections. Some can place particular inspections outside the negation; all need not exclude conducting a subset.","We did not receive any complaints during the trial.",[96],{"id":97,"blankNumber":21,"options":98},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7c8e-9301-ee45df014042",[99,102,105],{"id":100,"optionText":101,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7c26-9301-ee45dc978973","some",{"id":103,"optionText":104,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7c46-9301-ee45dd7cb57a","all",{"id":106,"optionText":107,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7c66-9301-ee45de68f9c2","any",{"id":109,"sentenceTemplate":110,"displayOrder":111,"explanation":112,"exampleSentence":113,"blanks":114},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7da2-9301-ee45e195e8ab","The archive contains a particular file that remained unchecked; leave the status of every other file open: __1__.",5,"There is a file establishes a particular existing file outside the negation. The any version denies all checking, which is stronger; every contradicts the unchecked-file claim.","There are two invoices whose totals I have not verified.",[115],{"id":116,"blankNumber":21,"options":117},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7d6a-9301-ee45e17059eb",[118,121,124],{"id":119,"optionText":120,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7d0a-9301-ee45dfd5bd59","There is a file that the auditor did not check",{"id":122,"optionText":123,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7d2a-9301-ee45e04637d9","The auditor did not check any files",{"id":125,"optionText":126,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7d4e-9301-ee45e09b1497","The auditor checked every file",{"id":128,"sentenceTemplate":129,"displayOrder":130,"explanation":131,"exampleSentence":132,"blanks":133},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7e7a-9301-ee45e485a1e2","The policy requires a shared training document but does not forbid additional reading: every recruit must read __1__.",6,"The same makes shared identity explicit, and the added clause preserves permission for other reading. Both distractors prohibit the required shared guide.","All the judges used the same scoring sheet, although some also consulted their notes.",[134],{"id":135,"blankNumber":21,"options":136},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7e46-9301-ee45e3e73b69",[137,140,143],{"id":138,"optionText":139,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7de6-9301-ee45e2254d8f","a different guide, with no guide shared between recruits",{"id":141,"optionText":142,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7e06-9301-ee45e231ad08","the same guide, with other guides also permitted",{"id":144,"optionText":145,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7e26-9301-ee45e3311ea3","exactly one guide, with no guide shared between recruits",{"id":147,"sentenceTemplate":148,"displayOrder":149,"explanation":150,"exampleSentence":151,"blanks":152},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7f4e-9301-ee45e6f1b023","Each technician must receive one unique test sample; sharing a sample is forbidden. Write: __1__.",7,"Exactly one fixes each allocation, and no sample assigned to more than one technician excludes sharing. A sample alone does not establish separate identity; the same requires sharing.","Each visitor received a different locker key; no locker was allocated twice.",[153],{"id":154,"blankNumber":21,"options":155},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7f1a-9301-ee45e61a94bd",[156,159,162],{"id":157,"optionText":158,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7ebe-9301-ee45e51177d1","Assign a sample to every technician, allowing shared samples",{"id":160,"optionText":161,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7ede-9301-ee45e52c2d46","Assign the same sample to every technician",{"id":163,"optionText":164,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7efe-9301-ee45e5410dae","Assign exactly one sample to each technician, with no sample assigned to more than one technician",{"id":166,"sentenceTemplate":167,"displayOrder":168,"explanation":169,"exampleSentence":170,"blanks":171},"01a0e1ab-db9e-708a-851d-ad94725727fc","There is no minimum number of successful appeals, but the maximum is two. Express precisely that range: __1__ appeals may succeed.",8,"Fewer than three allows zero, one or two. Exactly two excludes the permitted lower totals; at least two permits totals above the maximum.","Fewer than five guests can travel in the small car.",[172],{"id":173,"blankNumber":21,"options":174},"01a0e1ab-db9e-7056-851d-ad9472565864",[175,178,181],{"id":176,"optionText":177,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db9d-7f92-9301-ee45e7dd3d0b","Fewer than three",{"id":179,"optionText":180,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db9e-7012-851d-ad9471672f26","Exactly two",{"id":182,"optionText":183,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db9e-7036-851d-ad94722139a6","At least two",{"id":185,"sentenceTemplate":186,"displayOrder":187,"explanation":188,"exampleSentence":189,"blanks":190},"01a0e1ab-db9e-716e-851d-ad9475ba302c","The licence requires three inspectors as a minimum and sets no upper limit: __1__ inspectors must be present.",9,"At least three states a lower bound without an upper bound. Exactly three adds an unwanted ceiling; fewer than three falls below the requirement.","At least six signatures are needed, and additional signatures are welcome.",[191],{"id":192,"blankNumber":21,"options":193},"01a0e1ab-db9e-713a-851d-ad94750d29b0",[194,197,200],{"id":195,"optionText":196,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db9e-70da-851d-ad9472e687fd","Exactly three",{"id":198,"optionText":199,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db9e-70fe-851d-ad9473ca0eaa","At least three",{"id":201,"optionText":177,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db9e-711e-851d-ad94743f4149",{"id":203,"sentenceTemplate":204,"displayOrder":205,"explanation":206,"exampleSentence":207,"blanks":208},"01a0e1ab-db9e-7246-851d-ad947895f1a1","The final count is three failed checks, neither more nor fewer. Record the complete number explicitly: __1__ checks failed.",10,"Exactly three supplies both bounds. At least three leaves higher totals open, while not exactly three excludes the known result.","Exactly four seats remained empty when the performance began.",[209],{"id":210,"blankNumber":21,"options":211},"01a0e1ab-db9e-7212-851d-ad9477c10c72",[212,214,217],{"id":213,"optionText":199,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":10},"01a0e1ab-db9e-71b2-851d-ad94761cefe3",{"id":215,"optionText":216,"isCorrect":26,"displayOrder":21},"01a0e1ab-db9e-71d2-851d-ad94767185fb","Not exactly three",{"id":218,"optionText":196,"isCorrect":30,"displayOrder":34},"01a0e1ab-db9e-71f2-851d-ad94776b0225",{"id":220,"sentenceTemplate":221,"displayOrder":222,"explanation":223,"exampleSentence":224,"blanks":225},"01a0e1ab-db9e-731e-851d-ad947aae0573","The manager has reached no conclusion about whether every branch meets the standard. Preserve that uncertainty explicitly: __1__.",11,"Not formed a view explicitly reports uncertainty. 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