Translating quantificational logic

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Homework Statement


Put the sentence into symbols using the suggested notation.

Dolphins and porpoises grin and frolic in the sea. (Dx = x is a dolphin; Px = x is a porpoise; Gx = x grins; Fx = x frolics in the sea)

Homework Equations


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The Attempt at a Solution


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[itex](\forall x)(\forall y)[Dx\rightarrow(Gx\wedge Fx)][Py\rightarrow(Gy\wedge Fy)][/itex]
But I'm not sure if this translate exactly as I want it to.
 
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[itex](\forall x)(\forall y)[Dx\rightarrow(Gx\wedge Fx)][Py\rightarrow(Gy\wedge Fy)][/itex]

That doesn't look like standard notation. Do your course materials use the notation "[itex][...][...][/itex] " to mean "[itex][...] \land [...][/itex] " ?

It would be simpler to think about an equivalent English sentence that begins "Anything that is a dolpin or a porpoise"...