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Itisageneralruleindealingwithargumentsthatdependonlanguagethatthesolutionalwaysfollowstheoppositeofthepointonwhichtheargumentturns：e。g。iftheargumentdependsuponcombination，thenthesolutionconsistsindivision；ifupondivision，thenincombination。Again，ifitdependsonanacuteaccent，thesolutionisagraveaccent；ifonagraveaccent，itisanacute。Ifitdependsonambiguity，onecansolveitbyusingtheoppositeterm；e。g。ifyoufindyourselfcallingsomethinginanimate，despiteyourpreviousdenialthatitwasso，showinwhatsenseitisalive：
if，ontheotherhand，onehasdeclaredittobeinanimateandthesophisthasprovedittobeanimate，sayhowitisinanimate。Likewisealsoinacaseofamphiboly。Iftheargumentdependsonlikenessofexpression，theoppositewillbethesolution。’Couldamangivewhathehasnotgot？’No，notwhathehasnotgot；buthecouldgiveitinawayinwhichhehasnotgotit，e。g。onediebyitself。’
Doesamanknoweitherbylearningorbydiscoveryeachthingthatheknows，singly？butnotthethingsthatheknows，collectively。’
Alsoamantreads，perhaps，onanythinghewalksthrough，butnotonthetimehewalksthrough。Likewisealsointhecaseoftheotherexamples。