There are two ways to take this: "It is false that Shakespeare wrote Hamlet and Longfellow was a poet." First way: "It is false that (Shakespeare wrote Hamlet and Longfellow was a poet.)" ~(p ∧ q). Second way: "(It is false that Shakespeare wrote Hamlet) and (Longfellow was a poet.)" ~p ∧ q. Your teacher shouldn't give you ambiguous sentences. Edwin