Problem in understanding the meaning of a quantified conditional statement based on the position of the negation operator.

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Let the universe of discourse be the set of all human beings. $M(x)$ is an open statement which stands for "x is a man" and $B(x)$ stands for "x has black hair".

I have problem understanding how the statement $\neg(\forall x)(M(x) \rightarrow B(x))$ is different in meaning from $(\forall x)\neg(M(x)\rightarrow B(x))$ in meaning.

Is my understanding correct if I say statement 1 means not every man has black hair and statement 2 means: NO MAN (not human beings) has black hair?

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The first statement means that it is not true that every man has black hair

The second statement is equivalent to $\forall x (M(x) \land \neg H(x))$ and thus means that everything in the domain is a man and does not have black hair

I asume you can see the difference now ...