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nmart221 November 8, 2019

what do we do with two 'some' statements?

I know now that you cannot connect two 'some' statements. But if you have two and there is a sufficient and necessary statement that can connect to both, do you just make multiple conclusions for the multiple 'some' statements? ej. PD (pleasant dicposition) -some- P(parrot) ==> SW&P or TAO (trmendous affection to Owner) -some- P (parrot) ==> SW&P thank you!

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BenMingov November 12, 2019

Hi Nmart221, thanks for the question!

Combining some statements, while possible, will not produce any inferences.

For example: A -some- B
B -some- C

Evidently, the two statements are connected through B, which is necessary in the first diagram and sufficient in the second.

However, combining the statements to produce the following: A -some- B -some- C, does not produce any inferences that we can use.

We do not know that A -some- C, or vice-versa.

Hope this helps!