Where is the mistake in this syllogism?

Question:1. The breathing guy was shot dead.
2. Anyone who was shot dead is not breathing.
Conclusion: The breathing guy is not breathing.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: 1. The breathing guy was shot dead.
2. Anyone who was shot dead is not breathing.
Conclusion: The breathing guy is not breathing.

Identify your major, minor, and middle terms.
The middle must never appear in the conclusion.
The conclusion must distribute the other 2 terms minor first, major second.

So several things are off. "Breathing" is not one of the terms. "Guy" is the major term.

That does not really seem to take time into consideration.
It implies that all actions happen simultaneously.

I don;'t know the official term, but using the adjective "breathing" in the last part is the mistake. It;'s like saying "the living guy is dead", you can make a sentence like that but it has no meaning.

I assume you are making a point rather than asking a question. You have, however, mixed tenses (present "is " and past "was") which is confusing to the reader. I understand the 2 premises and the conclusion but no one who is (present tense) breathing can also be shot dead/"was shot dead" (past tense) at the same time.

Sentence 1 implies present tense as in anyone at present who is breathing was shot dead.

The second sentece changes tense from past to present as in anyone who WAS shot dead is in the past the second part of the sentence uses IS so is in the present as in
IS NOT BREATHING. Both sentences are correct.

Uhhh, the tense? In the first phrase it says he ways, in the second one it says is, therefore you can't treat them as if they are in the same tense.