'Some flowers are green' is an example of

AUniversal affirmative

BUniversal negative

CParticular affirmative ✓ Correct

DParticular negative

Correct answer: (C) Particular affirmative

Explanation

"Some flowers are green" affirms the predicate of part of the subject, so it is a particular affirmative.

"Some" makes the subject particular in quantity.

The copula "are" affirms, giving positive quality.

Particular quantity with affirmative quality is the I proposition.

This is the standard I form, "Some S are P".

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