Quantifiers Questions - - Question 16

No small countries and no countries in the southern hemisphere have permanent seats on the United Nations Security Co...

DiegoC September 8, 2021

Why is the answer not C.

The answer is clearly reinstated in the passage. This DOES NOT MAKE SENSE

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DiegoC September 8, 2021

Can you explain how to identify conditionals. I was never taught that on the lessons,

May 1, 2024

The video explains this very well. I too fell into the C answer trap, but when I saw why E was the answer it made all the sense. First, with the C answer and my diagram, I ended up with a premise arrow pointing towards the quantifying statement, which is against the rules. Next, I did not diagram all the answer choices because I didn't think it was necessary. I still think it wasn't necessary to diagram all of them, but it was absolutely necessary to diagram the answers I thought could be right, like the answer C. If I had done that, I would have spotted the problem. Answer C was a trap, but the video explanation was great, and I learned. something with this question.

Emil-Kunkin May 3, 2024

I think we can also do this without diagramming. We know that there are five permanent members, and that none of them are small or southern. We know that they all want a greater role and more peacekeeping. Finally we know that some countries who want more peacekeeping don't want to spend more on refugees.

This doesn't guarantee anything about the five. We know that the five all want more peacekeeping, but there are two hundred countries. The countries that want more peacekeeping but less spending could be Moldova, Martinique, and malaysia, rather than any of the five.