What is the standard-form translation of the singular statement "John Brown is a plumber"?
A) All persons like John Brown are plumbers.
B) No persons like John Brown are plumbers.
C) John Brown is a person identical with a plumber.
D) All persons identical with John Brown are plumbers.

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The correct translation maintains the singularity of the subject (John Brown) and specifies that anyone identical to John Brown (which is only John Brown himself) is a plumber, without implying that he is the only plumber or that all plumbers are like him.

What Is the Standard-Form Translation of the Singular Statement "John