This paper deals with the puzzle of sentences like (i.a), which denies (i.b). (i) a. The King of France is not bald, because there is no King of France. b. The King of France is bald. In previous analyses of such examples two problems are often overlooked: the first is that (i.a) is supposed to express denial of (i.b) specifically on the grounds that the existence of a King of France is its pre...