英语中否定词有其自己的否定范围,一般地说来它的否定范围是从否定词本身开始一直延续到句末,有时也可能从否定词本身延续到句末的状语前,不包括状语部分。这两种否定范围在形式上没有区别,因此,一个语言形式中如果这两种否定范围都可能的话,这一语言形式就有了歧义。例如: In English, a negative word has its own negative range. Generally, its negative range extends from the negative word itself to the end of the sentence. Sometimes it may also extend from the negative word itself to the adverbial part at the end of the sentence, excluding the adverbial part. . There is no difference in formality between the two types of negation. Therefore, if both types of negation are possible in a linguistic form, the linguistic form will be ambiguous. E.g: