Which statement type distributes both terms?

• A. A statements
• B. E statements
• C. I statements
• D. O statements

Answer: (B)

Distribution of terms in categorical propositions is about whether the proposition makes a claim about all members of a term. A term is distributed if the proposition speaks about every member of that term.

An universal negative statement No S are P distributes both terms: it asserts something about all S (none of the S are P) and, correspondingly, about all P (none of the P are S). That means both the subject term and the predicate term are distributed in this form.

By contrast, All S are P distributes only the subject term, Some S are P distributes neither term, and Some S are not P distributes only the predicate term.