LessonsHow Restrictive Constructions Convey Qasr: Ellipsis and ScopeQuiz

فَيَتَحَقَّقُ الْإِخْرَاجُ الْمُنَاسِبُ لِلْمُسْتَثْنَى فِي جِنْسِهِ
Exclusion is meaningful when the item is taken from a suitable general class.

The implicit domain is not always “all persons.” If the retained item is clothing, the domain is possible clothing; if a manner, possible manners; if a time, possible times.

The item must also match the relevant syntactic role. An agent is contrasted with agents, an object with objects, and a manner with manners. Otherwise the restriction fails to address the actual alternatives in the proposition.

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A suitable domain matches category and syntactic role

How Restrictive Constructions Convey Qasr: Ellipsis and Scope

فَيَتَحَقَّقُ الْإِخْرَاجُ الْمُنَاسِبُ لِلْمُسْتَثْنَى فِي جِنْسِهِ
Exclusion is meaningful when the item is taken from a suitable general class.

The implicit domain is not always “all persons.” If the retained item is clothing, the domain is possible clothing; if a manner, possible manners; if a time, possible times.

The item must also match the relevant syntactic role. An agent is contrasted with agents, an object with objects, and a manner with manners. Otherwise the restriction fails to address the actual alternatives in the proposition.