Find out which of the following sentences are statements and which are not. Justify your answer. (i) Two non-empty sets have always a non-empty intersection. (ii) The cat pussy is black.
Find out which of the following sentences are statements and which are not. Justify your answer. (i) Two non-empty sets have always a non-empty intersection. (ii) The cat pussy is black.

Answers:

(i) Two non-empty sets have always a non-empty intersection.

This sentence is always false, because there are non-empty sets whose intersection is empty.

∴ It is a statement.

(ii) The cat pussy is black.

There are some cats which are black, and not black, So, the given sentence may or may not be true.

∴ It is not a statement.