negation again, and coordination too

[Arnold M. Zwicky]

On Sep 6, 2004, at 10:13 AM, Gwyn Alcock wrote, about "...a decision no
president would ask for, but must be prepared to make" and alternatives
to it:

> Please be gentle in your corrections ...
>
> Why can't one say
> (4) ... a decision no president would ask for, but each must be
> prepared to make

of course you can say this, and various other riffs on the original,
getting further and further away from its details.  "...a hard
decision.  No president would ask for it, but he'd have to be prepared
to make it."  and many other possibilities.

arnold