有的 Question

tamutom
 September 15, 2010, 06:40 PM posted in General Discussion

All the examples with 有的 present complete, contrasting pairs. Is it allowable to make a sentence with just one? For example 有的人喜欢吃辣的. I suppose that in English, to say， “Some people like to eat spicy food,” implies that some people do not, even though it is not stated. Is Chinese the same?

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helencao_counselor
 September 15, 2010, 08:56 PM

Hi Tom,

Yes, Chinese is the same too.

有的喜欢吃辣的 implies that 有的人不喜欢吃辣的。

有的人喜欢喝酒 implies that 有的人不喜欢喝酒。

:)

Helen