Univ. "persons"; a = able to manage a crocodile; b = babies;
c = despised; d = logical.
=2.=
(1) My saucepans are the only things I have that are made of tin;
(2) I find all _your_ presents very useful;
(3) None of my saucepans are of the slightest use.
Univ. "things of mine"; a = made of tin; b = my saucepans; c = useful;
d = your presents.
=3.=
(1) No potatoes of mine, that are new, have been boiled;
(2) All my potatoes in this dish are fit to eat;
(3) No unboiled potatoes of mine are fit to eat.
Univ. "my potatoes"; a = boiled; b = eatable; c = in this dish; d = new.
=4.=
(1) There are no Jews in the kitchen;
(2) No Gentiles say "shpoonj";
(3) My servants are all in the kitchen.
Univ. "persons"; a = in the kitchen; b = Jews; c = my servants;
d = saying "shpoonj."
=5.=
(1) No ducks waltz;
(2) No officers ever decline to waltz;
(3) All my poultry are ducks.
Univ. "creatures"; a = ducks; b = my poultry; c = officers; d = willing
to waltz.
=6.=
(1) Every one who is sane can do Logic;
(2) No lunatics are fit to serve on a jury;
(3) None of _your_ sons can do Logic.
Univ. "persons"; a = able to do Logic; b = fit to serve on a jury;
c = sane; d = your sons.
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=7.=
(1) There are no pencils of mine in this box;
(2) No sugar-plums of mine are cigars;
(3) The whole of my property, that is not in this box, consists of
cigars.
Univ. "things of mine"; a = cigars; b = in this box; c = pencils;
d = sugar-plums.
=8.=
(1) No experienced person is incompetent;
(2) Jenkins is always blundering;
(3) No competent person is always blundering.
Univ. "persons"; a = always blundering; b = competent; c = experienced;
d = Jenkins.
=9.=
(1) No terriers wander among the signs of the zodiac;
(2) Nothing, that does not wander among the signs of the zodiac, is a
comet;
(3) Nothing but a terrier has a curly tail.
Univ. "things"; a = comets; b = curly-tailed; c = terriers;
d = wandering among the signs of the zodiac.
=10.=
(1) No one takes in the _Times_, unless he is well-educated;
(2) No hedge-hogs can read;
(3) Those who cannot read are not well-educated.
Univ. "creatures"; a = able to read; b = hedge-hogs; c = taking in the
Times; d = well-educated.
=11.=
(1) All puddings are nice;
(2) This dish is a pudding;
(3) No nice things are wholesome.
Univ. "things"; a = nice; b = puddings; c = this dish; d = wholesome.
=12.=
(1) My gardener is well worth listening to on military subjects;
(2) No one can remember the battle of Waterloo, unless he is very old;
(3) Nobody is really worth listening to on military subjects, unless he
can remember the battle of Waterloo.
Univ. "persons"; a = able to remember the battle of Waterloo; b = my
gardener; c = well worth listening to on military subjects; d = very
old.
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=13.=
(1) All humming-birds are richly coloured;
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