
Determine whether each of the binary relations R defined on the given sets A is reflexive, symmetric, antisymmetric, or transitive. If a relation has a certain property, prove this is so; otherwise, provide a counterexample to show that it does not.
(a)A is the set of all English words;
(b)A is the set of all people.

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