I just want to make sure I'm understanding the %s and #s correctly.

Some...not means there exists 0-99% of the two ideas. Some dogs are not friendly means 0-99% of dogs are friendly. 1-100% of dogs are not friendly. there exists at least one dog which is not friendly. Whereas saying all dogs are friendly would mean that 0 dogs are not friendly. 100% of dogs are friendly.

Original statement: Some alphabets are not phonetic.

Lawgic: A (--s--) /P

% meaning: 1-100% of alphabets are not phonetic. 0-99% of alphabets are phonetic.

Number meaning: there exists at least one alphabet which is not phonetic (A & /P)

Negation: A --->P

All alphabets are phonetic.

100% of alphabets are phonetic.

0 alphabets are not phonetic.

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  • Saturday, Feb 17 2018

    All A are B.

    Negation: Some A are not B.

    No A are B.

    Negation: Some A are B.

    Some A are B.

    Negation: No A are B.

    Some A are not B.

    Negation: All A are B.

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  • Saturday, Feb 17 2018

    @doneill3389668 said:

    Original statement: Some alphabets are not phonetic.

    Lawgic: A (--s--) /P

    % meaning: 1-100% of alphabets are not phonetic. 0-99% of alphabets are phonetic.

    Number meaning: there exists at least one alphabet which is not phonetic (A & /P)

    Negation: A --->P

    All alphabets are phonetic.

    100% of alphabets are phonetic.

    0 alphabets are not phonetic.

    This is in my understanding correct. It helps to know these negations both ways: be able to negate the all statement into the "some are not" and also be able to negate the "some are not" into an all statement. A really good example of how important it is to have mastery over this concept is PT 54-2-9.

    David

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