Contra positive for first statement

Hi @Kahanding, thanks for your post. The premise "everyone who is a gourmet cook enjoys a wide variety of food and spices" is properly diagrammed as: positive: GC ==> EWV cp: not EWV ==> not GC The "and" between "food and spices" does not separate two independent conditions, but is rather a simple conjunction as part of the given necessary condition. Hope this helps! Please let us know if you have any additional questions.

Hello, Is there a way to know when the use of "and/or" is used to separate two independent conditions rather than a simple conjunction? Thank you, Emily Menendez

@EmilyMarieMenendez, I'm not following your question as it relates to this question. Do you mind clarifying before I take a stab at explaining?

My apologies! I am referring to the diagraming of sufficient and necessary within passages that include and/or word usage. I have noticed in some passages the "and" is used to diagram the necessary as X "&" Y with the contra positive being X or Y, however, there are some passages that include the word "and" but the necessary variables are jumbled together as XY, disregarding the "and" in between the variable in the sentence of the passage. I hope this makes more sense. If not, please let me know if you are available for a phone call. Thanks!

Hello! Although I got this question correct, I also do not understand why the conditional is not diagrammed as GC-->EVF & EVS Diagramming this way didn't seem to impede me from answering the question correctly, but I am not sure if that would be the case in another question with "and" in the passage. Please let us know, thank you!