9. ILLUSTRATIVE EXERCISES.
1a. Employ the following terms in extension—European, flower, term, truth.
| European |
Russian Englishman Scotchman | |
| flower |
lily rose pansy | |
| term |
singular distributive collective | |
| truth |
Truth has no extension. Since it refers to a quality only, it is non-connotative. |
1b. Employ the following in extension—grain, rock, soil, precious stone.
2a. Use intensionally bird, quadruped, letter, John.
| bird |
two feet ability to fly feathers | |
| quadruped |
four feet back bone hairy covering | |
| letter |
heading body complimentary close | |
| John |
John has no intension. Since it refers to an object only, it is non-connotative. |
2b. Use the following in intension—word, table, purity, government.
3a. The use of a term in extension follows when attempting to answer two questions: First, what are the kinds? Second, to what objects may the term be applied? Make application of this with reference to the term man.
1. What are the kinds of men? Caucasian, Malay, Mongolian, Ethiopian, Redman.
2. To what objects does the term man refer? George Washington, Chas. Hughes, John Smith.