Reading Exercise: Identifying Subject and Predicate in Propositions

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Topic 4 Reading Exercises from:
Copi, Irving M. Introduction to Logic, 14th Edition. Routledge.
5.3 INSTRUCTIONS
Identify the subject and predicate terms in, and name the form of, each of the following propositions:
PROBLEMS
1. Some historians are extremely gifted writers whose works read like first-rate novels
Subject: Historians
Predicate: Gifted
Proposition: I
2. No athletes who have ever accepted pay for participating in sports are amateurs.
Subject: Athletes
Predicate: amateurs
Proposition: E
3. No dogs that are without pedigrees are candidates for blue ribbons in official dog shows
Sponsored by the American Kennel Club.
Subject: Dogs
Predicate: Candidates
Proposition: E
4. All satellites that are currently in orbit less than ten thousand miles high are very delicate devices that cost many thousands of dollars to manufacture.
Subject: Satellites
Predicate: Very Delicate
Proposition: A
5. Some members of families that are rich and famous are not persons of either wealth or distinction.
Subject: Members of the family
Predicate: not persons of either wealth or distinction
Proposition: O
6. Some paintings produced by artists who are universally recognized as masters are not works of genuine merit that either are or deserve to be preserved in museums and made available to the public.
Subject: paintings
Predicate: Work of genuine merit
Proposition: O
7. All drivers of automobiles that are not safe are desperadoes who threaten the lives of their fellows.
Subject: Drivers
Predicate: desperadoes
Proposition: A
8. Some politicians who could not be elected to the most minor positions are appointed officials in our government today.
Subject: Politicians
Predicate: Appointed officials
Proposition: I
9. Some drugs that are very effective when properly administered are not safe remedies that all medicine cabinets should contain.
Subject: drugs
Predicate: Safe remedies
Proposition: O
10. No people who have not themselves done creative work in the arts are responsible critics on whose judgment we can rely.
Subject: People
Predicate: Responsible critics
Proposition: I
5.4 INSTRUCTIONS
Name the quality and quantity of each of the following propositions, and state whether their subject and predicate terms are distributed or undistributed:
PROBLEMS
1. Some presidential candidates will be sadly disappointed people.
Quality: some presidential (Affirmative)
Quantity: will be (Particular)
Terms: distributed
2. All those who died in Nazi concentration camps were victims of a cruel and irrational tyranny.
Quality: All those (Affirmative)
Quantity: were victims (particular)
Term: undistributed
3. Some recently identified unstable elements were not entirely accidental discoveries.
Quality: some recently identified (Negative)
Quantity: were not (particular)
Term: undistributed
4. Some members of the military-industrial complex are mild-mannered people to whom violence is abhorrent.