LessonsCauses of Error: Misunderstanding and Verbal AmbiguitiesQuiz

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Zayd is a physician and is also skilled.

The textbook contrasts a pair of separate predicates with a combination that attaches the skill specifically to medicine. Being a physician and being skilled do not alone establish being a skilled physician; the skill might concern another field.

Thus, from “Zayd is a physician and is skilled,” one may not infer “Zayd is a skilled physician” without additional information. Two separate truths do not automatically justify a more specific combined predicate.

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Joining separate predicates incorrectly

Causes of Error: Misunderstanding and Verbal Ambiguities

«زيد طبيب وماهر»
Zayd is a physician and is also skilled.

The textbook contrasts a pair of separate predicates with a combination that attaches the skill specifically to medicine. Being a physician and being skilled do not alone establish being a skilled physician; the skill might concern another field.

Thus, from “Zayd is a physician and is skilled,” one may not infer “Zayd is a skilled physician” without additional information. Two separate truths do not automatically justify a more specific combined predicate.