Basic question on propositional logic: "John, Michael and Susan are doctors" = p∧q∧r?

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There was a question in an exam I've taken stating that a proposition with a compound subject could also be correctly restated as p∧q∧r. The answer was that it's not the same thing. I want to know if this answer is really correct; if it's not, I will need to argue as to why it is wrong.

I think that a given sentence with a compound subject - say, "John, Michael and Susan are doctors" - could be perfectly restated as "John is a doctor AND Michael is a doctor AND Susan is a doctor"; hence p∧q∧r. But then my knowledge of propositional logic is admittedly very limited.

Thank you all.