| (i) | All proper names are singular; |
| (ii) | A syllogism contains three and only three terms; |
| (iii) | Men are vertebrates; |
| (iv) | All is not gold that glitters; |
| (v) | The dodo is an extinct bird; |
| (vi) | Logic is the science of reasoning; |
| (vii) | Two and two are four; |
| (viii) | All equilateral triangles are equiangular; |
| (ix) | Between any two points one, and only one, straight line can be drawn; |
| (x) | Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side. |
[C.]
34. Enquire whether the following propositions are real or verbal: (a) Homer wrote the Iliad, (b) Milton wrote Paradise Lost. [C.]
35. How would you characterise a proposition which is formally inferred from the conjunction of a verbal proposition with a real material proposition? Explain your view by the aid of an illustration. [J.]
36. If all x is y, and some x is z, and p is the name of those z’s which are x ; is it a verbal proposition to say that all p is y? [V.]
37. Is it possible to make any term whatever the subject (a) of a verbal proposition, (b) of a real proposition? [J.]
CHAPTER IV.
NEGATIVE NAMES AND RELATIVE NAMES.
38. Positive and Negative Names.—A pair of names of the forms A and not-A are commonly described as positive and negative respectively. The true import of the negative name not-A, including the question whether it really has any signification at all, has, however, given rise to much discussion.