LessonsSupplementary Practice 11: Report, Objection-Reply and InstructionQuiz

تَلِفَ بَعْضُ الْأَوْرَاقِ، لَا جَمِيعُهَا.
Some leaves were damaged, not all of them.

“Lā jamīʿuhā” can forestall the mistaken inference that damage affected the entire collection. Where that inference is a genuine risk, the qualification functions as iḥtirās, protection against an unintended meaning.

If the partitive “baʿḍ” is already sufficient in a context with no realistic risk of confusion, the added denial may contribute little. The label depends on the specific misconception prevented, not on the mere presence of extra negative wording.

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Iḥtirās as protection against overgeneralization

Supplementary Practice 11: Report, Objection-Reply and Instruction

تَلِفَ بَعْضُ الْأَوْرَاقِ، لَا جَمِيعُهَا.
Some leaves were damaged, not all of them.

“Lā jamīʿuhā” can forestall the mistaken inference that damage affected the entire collection. Where that inference is a genuine risk, the qualification functions as iḥtirās, protection against an unintended meaning.

If the partitive “baʿḍ” is already sufficient in a context with no realistic risk of confusion, the added denial may contribute little. The label depends on the specific misconception prevented, not on the mere presence of extra negative wording.