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(iii) Quantificational forces are provided by existential closure or by the rule of distributivity. Then, sentence (1) is translated into (b) via (a). $\\vert$student$\\vert$ represents the number of atomic individuals of the set denoted by student.$$\\eqalign{(1)\\ &\\rm Every\\ student\\ came.\\cr(\\rm a)\\ &\\rm\\exists X\\ \\lbrack students\\ (X)\\ \\&\\ \\vert X\\vert{=}\\vert student\\vert\\ \\&\\ \\sp{\\rm D}came\\ (X)\\rbrack\\cr(\\rm b)\\ &\\rm\\exists X\\ \\lbrack students\\ (X)\\ \\&\\ \\vert X\\vert{=}\\vert student\\vert\\ \\&\\ \\forall x\\ \\lbrack x\\ is\\ an\\ atomic\\ i{-}part\\ of\\ X\\cr&\\sk{155}\\rm\\to\\ came\\ (x)\\rbrack\\rbrack}$$","abstract_html":"In this study, I designed a system of NP semantics in the frame work of DRT by adopting the following assumptions: (i) Every indefinite NP is translated into a variable. 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