Week 12 Quiz Q16 Bare Plural

[skylee03]

The question is:

IDEs have built-in static analysis capabilities.

In this sentence, "IDEs" is a bare plural introduced by a null quantifier. Therefore, it has at least three different interpretations:

1. $[{}_\text{Q.ALL}\varnothing]$ IDEs have built-in static analysis capabilities. (Universal)
2. $[{}_\text{Q.MOST}\varnothing]$ IDEs have built-in static analysis capabilities. (Generic)
3. $[{}_\text{Q.SOME}\varnothing]$ IDEs have built-in static analysis capabilities. (Existential)

Which interpretation should we adopt when answering question 16?

[wwweert123]

Should be existential or generic