Coumpound Claims

In chapter 6 of the Epstien text it discusses the composition of a compound claim. It is a compound claim because you have only two choices to make; if it is this or if it that. Compound claims are basically an "or" claim as well. An example would be "You either get elected president or you don't." The reason this is a compound claim is because you can not be both at one time, you are either the president or you are not the president. The way I percived it is that you are this OR you are that, which is where the "or" comes from in an "or" claim. I felt these were one of the easier concepts to grasp because it is either one or the other and is very straight to the point. I particularly liked this concept because it was simple and I feel that people use these claims a lot and don't even realize it.