I'm at work at the moment so do not have the text book but when Google Propositional Statement I found:
A proposition is a statement that is either TRUE or FALSE.
If John is a computer science student, then John will take discrete mathematics.
John is a computer science student. Therefore, John will take discrete
mathematics.
Step 1. The "if, then" connective is present.
If John is a computer science student, then John will take discrete mathematics.
John is a computer science student.
Step 2. Define the propositions.
p: John is a computer science student
q: John will take discrete mathematics
Step 3. Write the propositional statement.
p -> q
p
-------
q
Develop the proof
Proof:
1. p -> q ---premise
2. p --------premise
3. q --------modus ponens, 1,2
Does everyone agree?