Efficiency and redundancy are contradictory characteristics of linguistic systems; however, they can be used together...

Shirnel February 24, 2020

Please help me diagram this

Can you please help me diagram this so I know why (E) if the correct answer. I answer E however, I'm not sure if I diagrammed this correctly in the first place and feel like me answering (E) was a fluke. I diagrammed the conditional statements as follows: E==>BLSUW Not BLSUW ==> Not E HASIR==> Not BLSUW BLSUW ==>Not HASIR

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Shirnel February 24, 2020

In this question is it asking us to find the conclusion and therefore the conclusion is HASIR ==> Not E. Therefore the chain is as follows:

P: E==>BLSUW
Not BLSUW ==> Not E
P: HASIR==> Not BLSUW
BLSUW ==> Not HASIR
C: HASIR ==> Not E

Victoria February 25, 2020

Hi @Shirnel,

Happy to help!

You diagrammed these statements correctly! Great job!

To get to answer choice (E), you use the transitive property (as you have above) to conclude that:

HASIR - > Not BLSUW - > Not E
HASIR - > Not E

This is a direct restatement of answer choice (E), making it the correct answer.

Keep up the good work! Please let us know if you have any further questions.

Bonning May 24, 2020

This question has two sets of answers neither which work!
Thanks,

Bonning May 24, 2020

Oops! Seems to be working now. Disregard previous message.

Thanks,