A universal negative (E) proposition distributes

ASubject only

BPredicate only

CBoth subject and predicate ✓ Correct

DNeither subject nor predicate

Correct answer: (C) Both subject and predicate

Explanation

In "No S is P" both subject and predicate are distributed.

"No S" excludes every member of S from P, so the whole subject is taken.

The exclusion is total, so no member of P is left connected to S either.

A negative proposition always distributes its predicate.

Thus the universal negative distributes both terms.

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