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The English sentence is clearly valid English. But the straightforward translation into logic of such a sentence is not well-formed: | The English sentence is clearly valid English. But the straightforward translation into logic of such a sentence is not well-formed: | ||
<blockquote>⚠️ ∀''f'' : | <blockquote>⚠️ ∀''f'' : Farmer(''f'') ∧ ∃''d'' [Donkey(''d'') ∧ Owns(''f'', ''d'')] → Cares(''f'', <u>''d''</u>).</blockquote> | ||
The underlined instance of variable ''d'' is illegal, because it is outside of the scope of the quantifier ∃''d''. | The underlined instance of variable ''d'' is illegal, because it is outside of the scope of the quantifier ∃''d''. | ||