No small countries and no countries in the southern hemisphere have permanent seats on the United Nations Security Co...
nellishaJanuary 6, 2021
s & n confusion
I'm getting confused on when to use compound statements. For example I did the and/or rule but that doesn't seem to be right. When I see words like "and" and "or" I get confused
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Thanks for the question! This one is a bit tricky because it’s an “and” in a “no” statement. Whenever you see stuff like that, just try to convert it back into regular English. So remember, the original sentence is “No small countries and no countries in the southern hemisphere have permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council.” That would include both small countries like Luxembourg, and countries in the southern hemisphere, like Brazil. So does that mean that if it’s a small country AND it’s in the southern hemisphere, then there’s no permanent seat? No! It refers to countries that are small OR in the southern hemisphere. So the correct diagram would be
Small country v country in southern hemisphere —> ~Permanent seats on the UNSC
Hope this helps! Feel free to ask any other questions that you might have.
BHRJanuary 22, 2021
This was a helpful answer, thank you.
Lashay18August 22, 2021
Why was this rule or whatever it is not mentioned in the video?
