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

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Changing the quantity but not the quality of the original proposition "All banks are lending institutions" results in "Some banks are lending institutions." This maintains the affirmative quality while altering the quantity from universal to particular.

Given the Categorical Proposition "All Banks Are Lending Institutions