X is not equal to Y or Z is parsed as X is not equal to Y or X is not equal to Z which doesn't make sense as it'd always be true and thefore unnecessary and would violate the maxim of quantity. It would instead make sense to be interpreted as X is not (equal to Y or equal to Z)
X is not equal to Y or Z
is parsed asX is not equal to Y or X is not equal to Z
which doesn't make sense as it'd always be true and thefore unnecessary and would violate the maxim of quantity. It would instead make sense to be interpreted asX is not (equal to Y or equal to Z)