Lessons 14-32 (for Test 2)

Question 1

What is a PROPOSITION?

Answer 1

a sentence in which 2 or more ideas are either joined together by an affirmation OR disjoined by a negation.

example: Our car is blue. Our car is not orange.

Question 2

What are the three parts of a proposition?

Answer 2

subject
copula
predicate

Question 3

Can the subject and predicate of a proposition be the same idea or term?

Answer 3

No.

In a proposition the subject and predicate should always be two different ideas or two different terms.

Question 4

What is the PREDICATE of a proposition?

Answer 4

the part which is affirmed or denied about the subject

Question 5

What is the COPULA of a proposition?

Answer 5

the part which proposes something

Question 6

Can a proposition have all three parts, even if they aren’t all distinctly expressed in certain words?

Answer 6

Yes. One or more of the parts can be implied. They don’t have to all be written out specifically.

Question 7

What is one reason why many people make false judgments? (from lesson 14)

Answer 7

because many people already firmly believe two ideas are joined/disjoined before they actually take the time to see clearly whether that is true or makes sense.

Question 8

Can you always know whether part of a sentence is the subject or predicate just by looking at whether that part comes first or last in the sentence?

Answer 8

No. Sometimes the order of parts in the sentence is different.