Determine whether the following claim is best classified as semantically ambiguous (and whether this contains grouping ambiguities), syntactically ambiguous, or free from ambiguity: People who go shopping often go broke.

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Semantically ambiguous: "go broke" and syntactically ambiguous: does "often" go with "shopping" or with "go broke?" (Many students incorrectly read "broke" as "broken" and thus get a second version of a semantic ambiguity.)

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a. True b. False

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Using the square of opposition and the truth value of the first claim, determine the truth values of the other claims.a. False: No guppies are egg-layers.b. All guppies are egg-layers.c. Some guppies are egg-layers.d. Some guppies are not egg-layers.

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In some indigenous cultures, women are thought to have certain natural powers that men must work harder to attain

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Ethics is exclusively a descriptive discipline

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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