Translate the following claims into
standard-form categorical claims.
- Students who wrote poor exams didn't
get admitted to the program.
- None of my students is failing.
- If you live in the dorms, you can't
own a car.
- There are a few right-handed first
basemen.
- People make faces every time Joan
sings.
- The only tests George fails are the
ones he takes.
- Nobody passed who didn't make at
least 50 percent.
- You can't be a member unless you're
over 50.
- Nobody catches on without studying.
- I've had days like this before.
Answers (best answer is listed first)
- No students who wrote poor exams were
students who were admitted to the program OR No students who were
admitted to the program were students who wrote poor exams. OR All
students who wrote poor exams were students who were not admitted to
the program OR All students who were admitted to the program were not
students who wrote poor exams.
- No students who are failing are
students who are mine OR No students who are mine are students who are
failing OR All students who are failing are students who are not mine
OR All students who are mine are students who are not failing.
- No person who lives in the dorms is a
person who can own a car OR No person who can own a car is a person who
lives in the dorms OR All people who live in the dorms are not people
who can own cars OR All people who can own cars are not people who live
in dorms.
- Some first basemen are right-handed
people OR Some right-handed people are first basemen.
- All times Joan sings are times people
make faces OR All times people don't make faces are times Joan doesn't
sing.
- All tests George fails are tests he
takes OR All tests George doesn't take are ones he doesn't fail OR No
tests George fails are tests he doesn't take.
- All people who passed are people who
made at least 50 percent OR All people who didn't make at least 50
percent are people who didn't pass OR No people who passed are people
who didn't make at least 50 percent.
- All people who can be members are
people over 50 OR All people who are not over 50 are people who cannot
be members OR No people who can be members are people who are not over
50 OR No people who are not over 50 are people who can be members.
- All people who catch on are people
who study OR All people who don't study are people who don't catch on
OR No people who catch on are people who don't study OR No people who
don't study are people who catch on.
- Some days I've had before were days
like this OR Some days like this are days I've had before.