Discussion
Russell's theory of descriptions makes a distinction between two forms of a sentences :
Answer: B
The distinction is between grammatical and logical form.
Russell's theory of descriptions (1905) shows that a sentence such as 'The present King of France is bald' has the grammatical form of a subject-predicate sentence, but its logical form is a quantified statement: there is exactly one present King of France, and he is bald. The grammatical form misleads; analysis reveals the logical form.
Semantics and syntax are later technical terms that do not name the two forms Russell contrasts. Grammatical versus logical form is the distinction his theory made famous, and it set the programme of analytic philosophy.
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