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Sort each statement into A, E, I or O

Exercise and reference answers

Items
  1. Group
    A: affirms all
    Item
    All S is P
  2. Group
    E: denies all
    Item
    No fish are birds
  3. Group
    I: affirms some
    Item
    Some S is P
  4. Group
    O: denies some
    Item
    Some S is not P
  5. Group
    A: affirms all
    Item
    All bats can fly
  6. Group
    I: affirms some
    Item
    Some coins are old
  7. Group
    E: denies all
    Item
    No cats are dogs
  8. Group
    O: denies some
    Item
    Some P is not S
Groups
  1. Item
    A: affirms all
  2. Item
    E: denies all
  3. Item
    I: affirms some
  4. Item
    O: denies some
Instructions
Drag each statement onto its form: affirming or denying, and about all or about some.

Explanation

_Source: Carveth Read, Logic: Deductive and Inductive (1914, public domain), Chapter VII, Immediate Inferences, section 2_
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