Consider the following statements about the proposition 'Some girls are not students'.

1.The subject term 'girls' is distributed

2.The predicate term 'students' is undistributed

3.The predicate term 'students' is distributed

4.The subject term 'girls' is undistributed

A1 and 3

B2 and 3

C1 and 4

D3 and 4 ✓ Correct

Correct answer: (D) 3 and 4

Explanation

In Some girls are not students the predicate students is distributed and the subject girls is undistributed (Statements 3 and 4).

This is a particular negative proposition, particular in quantity and negative in quality.

Being particular, the subject refers only to part of its class, so girls stays undistributed.

A negative proposition excludes its subject from the whole predicate class, so students is distributed.

The correct pairing thus marks the predicate distributed and the subject undistributed.

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