'All men are mortal' is an example of

AUniversal affirmative ✓ Correct

BUniversal negative

CParticular affirmative

DParticular negative

Correct answer: (A) Universal affirmative

Explanation

"All men are mortal" affirms the predicate of the whole subject class, so it is a universal affirmative.

The word "all" makes the subject universal in quantity.

The copula "are" affirms, giving positive quality.

Universal quantity with affirmative quality is the A proposition.

This is the standard A form, "All S are P".

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