Table 1.

Sample logic and linguistic arguments

		Logic argument			Linguistic argument
1a	Premise	If both X and Z then not Y.	2a	Premise	It was X that Y saw Z take.
	Conclusion	If Y then either not X or not Z.		Conclusion	Z was seen by Y taking X.
1b	Premise	If not either Z or Y then X.	2b	Premise	What Z told X was Y.
	Conclusion	If not X then both Z and Y.		Conclusion	It was to Y that Z told X.