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Let “persons” be Universe; m="that deserve
the fair”;
x="that get their
deserts”; y="brave”.
Some
m are x; &there4 Some y are x.
No
y’ are m.
i.e. Some brave persons get their deserts.
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Let “persons” be
Universe; m="patient”;
x="children”; y="that can sit still”.
No x are m; &there4 No x
are y.
No m’ are y.
i.e. No children can sit still.
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Let “things” be Universe;
m="fat”; x="pigs”;
y="skeletons”.
All x are m; &there4 All
x are y’.
No y are m.
i.e. All pigs are not-skeletons.
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Let “creatures” be
Universe; m="monkeys”;
x="soldiers”; y="mischievous”.
No m are x; &there4 Some
y are x’.
All m are y.
i.e. Some mischievous creatures are not soldiers.
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Let “persons” be
Universe; m="just”;
x="my cousins”; y="judges”.
No x are m; &there4 No x
are y.
No y are m’.
i.e. None of my cousins are judges.
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Let “periods” be
Universe; m="days”;
x="rainy”; y="tiresome”.
Some m are x; &there4 Some
x are y.
All xm are y.
i.e. Some rainy periods are tiresome.
N.B. These are not legitimate Premisses, since the Conclusion is really part of the second Premiss, so that the first Premiss is superfluous. This may be shown, in letters, thus:—