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CROOKED ANSWERS.

[Ch. III.

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Let "things" be Universe; $m$ = "medicine"; $x$ = "nasty"; $y$ = "senna".

All

m

are

x

;
All

y

are

m

.

\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}

∴ All

y

are

x

.

i.e. Senna is nasty.
[See remarks on No. 7, p. 60]

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Let "persons" be Universe; $m$ = "Jews"; $x$ = "rich"; $y$ = "Patagonians".

Some

m

are

x

;
All

y

are

m^{\prime }

.

\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}

∴ Some

x

are

y^{\prime }

.

i.e. Some rich persons are not Patagonians.

[See p. 53]

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