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Eg. The king of France is ill The king of France is not ill. Both of the two sentences presuppose that there is a king of France. The president was assassinated . The president was not assassinated . The later sentence no longer entails The president is dead. 2. The difference can be seen in terms of the assignment of truth table. Entailment : P: The anarchist assassinated the emperor. q: The emperor died. truth table: p q T →T F→T or F F←F