Consider the following premises. It is not windy. It is windy or James is reading a book. It is late and Linda is sad. Thomas is writing a letter. Can we infer the following from them? If we can, name the inference rule being used: James is not reading a book.
 From the fact that it is late and Linda is sad we can infer that it is late via simplification. Finally, from the fact that it is windy or James is reading a book, and that it is not windy we can infer that James is reading a book via disjunctive syllogism, which contradicts that James is not reading a book. Therefore, the answer is no.