- No dictatorial person is popular; She is dictatorial.
- Some sweet things are unwholesome; No muffins are sweet.
- No military men write poetry; No generals are civilians.
- Bores are dreaded; A bore is never begged to prolong his visit.
- All owls are satisfactory; Some excuses are unsatisfactory.
- All my cousins are unjust; All judges are just.
- Some buns are rich; All buns are nice.
- No medicine is nice; No pills are unmedicinal.
- Some lessons are difficult; What is difficult needs attention.
- No unexpected pleasure annoys me; Your visit is an unexpected pleasure.
- Caterpillars are not eloquent; Jones is eloquent.
- Some bald people wear wigs; All your children have hair.
- All wasps are unfriendly; Unfriendly creatures are always unwelcome.
- No bankrupts are rich; Some merchants are not bankrupts.
- Weasels sometimes sleep; All animals sometimes sleep.
- Ill-managed concerns are unprofitable; Railways are never ill-managed.
- Everybody has seen a pig; Nobody admires a pig.
Extract a Pair of Premisses out of each of the following: and deduce the Conclusion, if there is one:--
- "The Lion, as any one can tell you who has been chased by them as often as I have, is a very savage animal: and there are certain individuals among them, though I will not guarantee it as a general law, who do not drink coffee."
- "It was most absurd of you to offer it! You might have known, if you had had any sense, that no old sailors ever like gruel!"
"But I thought, as he was an uncle of yours--"
"An uncle of mine, indeed! Stuff!"
"You may call it stuff, if you like. All I know is, MY uncles are all old men: and they like gruel like anything!"
"Well, then YOUR uncles are--"