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Question
Negation of “Some men are animal” is ______.
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Solution
Negation of “Some men are animal” is All men are not animals.
Explanation:
In formal logic (specifically the Square of Opposition), the negation of a particular affirmative statement (“Some S are P”) is its contradictory, the universal negative statement (“No S is P”).
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