Discussion Forum : Statement & Assumptions
Question - Statement:
“Private Property, trespassers will be prosecuted”
— A notice on a plot of land.
Assumptions:
I. The passerby may read the notice and may not tresspass.
II. The people are scared of prosecution and, therefore, never tresspass.
Options:
A .  if only assumption I is implicit.
B .  if only assumption II is implicit.
C .  if either I or II is implicit.
D .  if neither I nor II is implicit.
E .  if both I and II are implicit.
Answer: Option A
Answer: (a)Whenever such notices are displayed it is assumed that those who are concerned with the notice will read the notice and follow the messages in it. Hence I is implicit. If II were true, it is not necessary to display such notices.

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