Given the categorical proposition "Some allergies are not mortal afflictions." If the quality but not the quantity is changed, the resulting proposition is:
A) No allergies are mortal afflictions.
B) No allergies are not mortal afflictions.
C) All allergies are mortal afflictions.
D) Some allergies are mortal afflictions.
E) All allergies are not mortal afflictions.

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Changing the quality of the proposition from "Some allergies are not mortal afflictions" to "Some allergies are mortal afflictions" merely changes the predicate term from "not mortal afflictions" to "mortal afflictions." The quantity remains unchanged, as "some" in both propositions signifies an unspecified number greater than zero.

Given the Categorical Proposition "Some Allergies Are Not Mortal Afflictions