Answer by Bram28 for Discrete Math Question with "all" and "except"
I am totally with you! While English is notoriously ambiguous, I think the most reasonable interpretation of a statement like: "All P's, with the exception of Q's, are R's" is to say that the P's that...
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The English statement is ambiguous. One construction is, as you say, that all Americans like either burgers or hot dogs but not both. Another is that all Americans like burgers except for those who...
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I came across this question on an exam and am not sure why I am wrong. The question:Using the following predicates over the domain of people:$$A(x) = \text{x is an American.}$$$$B(x) = \text{x likes...
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