There are some common forms:
- “All As are Bs”:
- “Some As are Bs”:
- “No As are Bs”:
- “Some As are not Bs”:
Warning
A common mistranslation is to translate “some As are Bs” into
. However, this formula will always be true if there is at least one x such that
Usually:
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Examples
Domain:
- “Every even integer is greater than some odd integer”
- This is of the form “All As are Bs”
- “Every integer is greater than some integer”