No rule not applied in this example
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sharpen7
· started 2018-03-05 23:11
· last activity 2018-04-22 15:20
· 2 replies
Why in this example was the no rule ignored?
I thought we were taught that when you see the word no you should negate the necessary. So in this case NCI should have been negated - why was it not?
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rweyer
· 2018-04-22 07:58
because of the word without. Without introduces a necessary condition, the other part of the sentence is negated. When you have 2 negatives it creates a positive. That is why it wasn't negated
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Anita
· 2018-04-22 15:20
"No IG without NCI" can be thought of as "there can only be IG with NCI," if that helps. NCI is necessary for IG.
Then the next sentence says RIR produces NCI.
It then follows that RIR, producing NCI, could satisfy a condition for IG.
Does that help?
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