READ Lesson 1, then USE the symbols below to identify the numbered sentences that are categorical propositions. 
Non-categorical propositions should be left blank or identified for 
what they are (question, conditional statement, etc.).  Hint:  You 
are not being asked which sentences are true.  You are only being 
asked to identify the form of the sentence.  

	A - universal affirmative categorical proposition

	E - universal negative categorical proposition 

	I - particular affirmative categorical proposition

	O - particular negative categorical proposition 

	NCP - not a categorical proposition



_____  1. Some cars are not four-wheeled vehicles.


_____  2. Close the door!


_____  3. All trees are deciduous.


_____  4. Sometimes I sleep late and feel groggy all day.


_____  5. No philosophers are bald-headed.


_____  6. All bachelors are unmarried men.


_____  7. If I were king, Pepsi Cola would be banned.


_____  8. Some panthers are Carolina football players.


_____  9. No green ideas sleep furiously.


_____ 10. Some philosophers are not boring.


_____ 11. Do not use no double negatives!

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