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[The LSAT Trainer]

EDIT:

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If you have purchased the book on or after 9/16/13, you should have version 1.3 or later, and these errors do not pertain to your edition. Thanks again to all those who helped improve The LSAT Trainer.

[Kimikho]

Page 402: Answer D is circled, but according to the explanation the answer is E.

EDIT: #4 on page 402

[Kimikho]

Page 318: "Here we get our first main point--a hypothesis for waht..." It's in the bold part (off to the side) for the third paragraph.

I've actually been keeping track of some of these so when I remember where they are I'll post them :]

EDIT:
Pg 208: in the third paragraph under "Two: Understand the Rules and Notate Them," the second part of the parentheses ("The soup will...") is missing the end quotation.

Pg 356: In the explanation for problem 7, in the first line, the wrong quote direction is used for "the author indicates." (the first quotation)

Pg 379, #6, E: Says "If bill is paid..." It should say something like "If bill (1, 2, 3 etc) is paid." (this mistake is repeated in the answers on page 381)

[sashafierce]

This is my lucky day! While reading the book for some strange reason I circled all of the errors I came across brb with my list..lol

[Kimikho]

I'll just make new responses so people don't think I'm scalping there's :]

Pg 475, second paragraph. "Coach Tran's response: Ted is not faster than Fred.'") is missing the opening quote for Coach Ted.

Also on pg 475: '"My mother says I'm handsome, yet girls won't go out with me.' This is missing the ending quote. It's in the fourth paragraph.

Pg 477, gray box. "and Bob says "This CEO..." Either "This" needs to be "this" or it should be "and Bob says, "This CEO..." (basically, missing a comma there)

Pg 478, answer to number 3.7, part 4: The opening quotation for "requires" is going the wrong direction (line 2)

[Kimikho]

I'm just posting these as I find them while flipping through the book, so sorry for so many posts:

Pg 502, "questions" box for 29.1.20: "Were you able to get rid fo (A)..."

Pg 527: under "elimination" for #23, the opening quote for "appreciative of effort" is going the wrong direction.

Pg 564, under "confirmation" for #13, the opening quote for "all" (first line) is going the wrong direction.

Pg 567, under "confirmation" for number 20, the opening quote for "anyone who calls..." is going the wrong direction.

[sashafierce]

This is my lucky day! While reading the book for some strange reason I circled all of the errors I came across brb with my list..lol

Unfortunately, I circled alot of other info in the trainer so my list is a work in progress , so far I have:

pg 288- "Notice that answer D is relevant the argument" the sentence is missing the word "to" i.e. "Notice that answer D is relevant to the argument"

[Kimikho]

This is my lucky day! While reading the book for some strange reason I circled all of the errors I came across brb with my list..lol

Unfortunately, I circled alot of other info in the trainer so my list is a work in progress , so far I have:

Yeah, that's why mine were coming in so sporadically.

[Kimikho]

P.S. I feel like my OCD has been validated now.

[The LSAT Trainer]

wow -- thank you so much scoobers -- i knew there would be some tls'ers like you! maybe you'll make back the entire cost of the book -- I'd love nothing better than sending you a big fat gift card, so please post more! --mk

[Kimikho]

wow -- thank you so much scoobers -- i knew there would be some tls'ers like you! maybe you'll make back the entire cost of the book -- I'd love nothing better than sending you a big fat gift card, so please post more! --mk

Haha no problem. Maybe it explains why I have so much time focusing on just the structure of RC passages!

[The LSAT Trainer]

Page 402: Answer D is circled, but according to the explanation the answer is E.

EDIT: #4 on page 402

oh I knew about this one too! darn -- well, to me, that's a $10 error -- congrats.

[Kimikho]

Because I have nothing better to do on a Saturday...

Spacing issues:
Pg 175: 11th paragraph, there appears to be an extra space between "MG" and the ?.
Pg 279: explanation for 28.1.5, number 4: "Or perhaps the seals impact..." (should be "seal's")
Pg 279: explanation for 28.1.5: "seal urine is poisonous to cod(sorry...)." Missing a space between "cod" and the parentheses.
Pg 435: explanation for 18. "we want to make sure and read carefully("complete...could")." There is a space missing between "completely" and the parentheses.
Pg 441: in the "note" at the bottom (in italics), it looks like there is an extra space between "from" and "the June '07 exam."

Quotes:
Pg 226: explanation for number 9, "less accurate" is missing the end quote.
Pg 439: in the "conclusion" box, the second example of a question stem is missing the end quote.
Pg 444: explanation for 31.3.4, part 4, the first quote for "never" is in the wrong direction.
Pg 445: explanation for 30.4.13, part 5, the first quote around "a generalization" is going the wrong way.
Pg 447: explanation for 30.2.14, part 5, the first quote for "correct" is going the wrong way.

Grammar issues:
Pg 259: "What exactly is a Sufficient Assumption question?" you say!"
Pg 270: "The negation of (B) would be "Exercising..." There should be a comma after "be" or "Exercising" should be lowercase.

http://xkcd.com/859/

[A Series of BJs]

Typ-o's/possible other corrections:

1. TOC - title of chapter 16 change to "Answering Questions"

2. p. 24, "connection" box at bottom, 7th line down: delete "use" from "...we use get the most..."

3. p. 37 (sample questions solution), second column, 3rd para, line 5: insert the word "of" before "...a relationship between antidepressants..."

4. p. 47, "a note of caution" box at bottom, 3rd para, line 7: change "built" to "build"

5. p. 48, para above heading "Three:", line 2: change "necessarily" to "necessary"

6. p. 65 (sample solution), 2nd column for ques 22, "Stem" para, line 3: add the words "decomposition of" after "...because of increase in..."

7. p. 67, 2nd para underneath "Recap" heading, line 4: change "primary" to "primarily"

8. p. 72, para 3, line 3: add "in" before "...fact we don't."

9. p. 78, footnote 1, para 4, line 3: add the word "to" before "...identify the..."

10. p. 80 (the process in action), under step four, 2nd column, para 1, line 1: add a closing quotation mark after the word "good"

11. p. 84, para 2, line 6: change "may" to "many"

12. p. 85 (necessary but not enough), 1st column, para 3, line 2: change "the true" to "be true"

13. p. 100, para 4 under the "Falsely" heading", line 1: add the word "in" after "Notice that..."

14. p. 103 (flaw drill), #13., line 8: add the word "of" before "...our foot and..."

15. p. 109, para 5, line 1: change "Lessons 7 and 8" to "Lessons 7 and 6"

16. p. 109, final para, line 3: change "lessoned" to "lessened"

17. p. 121, para 5, line 3: change "Lesson 7" to "Lesson 5"

18. p. 136, 2nd column (unboxed), para 1, line 2: change "answering answering" to "answering machine"

19. p. 140 (basic setups drill set 1), #5, line 2: add period after "pinata".

20. p.142 (basic setups drill set 3), #17, 3rd rule: change "EIther" to "Either"

21. p. 152 (simple setups drill 1 & 2 solutions), #3, notation for rule 2 is wrong. The "p's" should be changed to "c's".

22. p. 160, para 3, line 2, change "an" to "and"

23. p. 164, box 1, I don't think you can place a slash through the second slot from the top in column 5.

24. p. 164, box 4, I don't think you can place a slash through the second slot from the bottom in column 2.

25. p. 164, box 1, line 2: change "I" to "J"

26. p. 166 (math inference drill solutions), first table, column A, row 5: delete "0" from "0,1,2"

27. p. 173 para 6, line 3: add the word "to" after "John cannot possibly go..."

28. p. 186 (set 1 solutions), 1st column, lower rules notation (lower left of page) the contrapositive notation for rule 4 is wrong. You need to add "not-" slashes through both R & S, as in:

T --> R/ & S/

29. p. 187 (set 2 solutions), 1st column, lower rules notation (lower left of page), notation for rule 2 and its contrapositive are both wrong. There should be a "not-" slash through Rp in the first notation, but no "not-" slash through Rp in the contrapositive notation.

30. p. 187 (set 2 solutions), 2nd column, lower answers (lower right of page), final line: change "N" to "M".

31. p. 189, footnote 1, para 2, penultimate line: add the word "we" before "...this further as..."

32. p. 203, para 1, line 7: change "intimating" to "intimidating"

33. p. 207, 2nd column, top para, line 2: change "then " to "than"

34. p. 208, 3rd para under "Two:" heading, line 3: add closing quotation mark after "...and O"

35. p. 209, 2nd para under "Four:" heading, line 3: change "questions" to "question"

36. p. 214 (set 1 solutions), 2nd column, lower (lower right of page), para #2, line 2: change "had" to "hard"

37. p. 219, para 2, line 1: change "six through ten" to "five through nine"

38. p. 219, "quick review" box, change last word of heading from "ten" to "nine"

39. p. 222, footnote 1, line 2: change "a" to "an"

40. p. 226 (what's the conclusion? solutions) #5, para 2, last line: "healtier" to "healthier"

41. p. 228, para underneath "Habit 4:" heading, last line: change "6-10" to "5-9"

42. p. 256, 1st column, last line at bottom of page: change "he's" to "he'll"

43. p. 257, last section, line 6: suggest changing "live in America" to "are American". (for clarity)

44. p. 258, 1st section, line 10: change "every" to "ever"

45. p. 261, 2nd para under step four heading at top of page, line 2: I think the comma after the word "argument" should be a hyphen instead.

46. p. 263, para 2, line 3: change "that" to "than"

47. p. 263 lower left (1st column), "step 4" para, line 2: change "is" to "if"

48. p. 278, upper right (28.1.23), line 5: change "form" to "from"

49. p. 282, penultimate para, line 2: add the word "to" after "You should be able..."

50. p. 284, 1st para, line 3: add the word "do" after "...I need to..."

51. p. 284, para 5, line 3: change "next" to "previous"

52. p 286, drill D., answer choice J: change "prostetectomies" to "prostatectomies"

53. p. 288, para 6, line 1: add the word "to" after "...answer D is relevant..."

54. p. 291, (question set), q.12, answer choice E: change "note" to "not"

55. p. 292 (question set) q23., answer choice E, line 3: change "won" to "own"

56. p. 294 (solutions), #15, line 3: change "Crowed" to "Crowded"

57. p. 298 1st column (in box), footnote 1, line 1: change "answers" to "answer"

58. p. 298 2nd column (not in box), last para, line 8: remove "at" after "...don't stop your work at..."

59. p. 305 #5, explanation below box, line 6: add the number "1" after "...if J goes in..."

60. p. 307, #8, explanation below box, line 1: change "some" to "something"

61. p. 307, #10 in box: The wrong answer choice is circled. Choice D should be circled.

62. p. 310, (Game Four Solution), explanation for #6, 3rd line from bottom: Not sure about this, but don't think "second rule" states that "if H is out, then J has to be out". I think I just need clarification on this.

63. p. 318, 1st column, 3rd para, line 2: change "waht" to "what"

64. p. 348 (passage two solutions), 2nd column, q22, para 1, line 4: change "graph" to "graphs"

65. p. 348 (passage two solutions), 2nd column, q22, para 2, line 2: change "doesn't including" to "includes"

66. p. 367, footnote 1, penultimate line: change "yo" to "you"

[Sinatra]

Smartest guerilla marketing campaign ever. *buys LSAT Trainer with hopes of making 2x the investment put in*

[Fianna13]

I'm guessing most of the posters already benefitted plenty from LSAT trainer and from Mike's free advices he provided in his other thread, is it reasonable to take the money even if he offered them? Honestly I would probably do it for free just for a repayment for all the advices he already provided.

[Jeffort]

Sure it's reasonable, they are contributing something of value that takes time and effort to do. Plus, it was generous of Mike to offer and could be considered an insult to refuse to accept his offer, and the $$ comes in an Amazon gift card, so it's not exactly cash you can use for drinking $$ or lunch.

[The LSAT Trainer]

I'm guessing most of the posters already benefitted plenty from LSAT trainer and from Mike's free advices he provided in his other thread, is it reasonable to take the money even if he offered them? Honestly I would probably do it for free just for a repayment for all the advices he already provided.

Hi Fianna -- that's awfully nice of you to say -- thank you so much, and I'm sure you'll be happy to know that one of the post-ers has already tried to decline his/her reward in a pm.

But on the flip side, as Jeffort said, this work is very valuable to me -- and it will cost me far less than hiring another proofreader (I'd much rather give you guys the $ anyway) -- So, if you drive around in a Bentley and don't need the amazon gift card, I won't force you to take it, but otherwise, please do take my money --

Here's an interesting question -- if I up the price I pay, will it make people more, or less, willing to take the gift card from me?

Let's find out --

Partly to reward those who have already helped out, and, more importantly, to try and ensure that we find as many errors as possible, I am now offering $3 per error, and this retroactively applies to all those who have already contributed. Thanks again everyone.

[barcafan17]

pg. 458 Qualifier Math Section: the "Some bears dream and some bears swim..." and "Some bears dream and most bears swim..." columns need to be flipped.

[The LSAT Trainer]

pg. 458 Qualifier Math Section: the "Some bears dream and some bears swim..." and "Some bears dream and most bears swim..." columns need to be flipped.

thank you!

[blink]

166. Fourth set, sixth question, answer should be “2” not “1 or 2.”
166. Sixth set, fourth question, answer should be “2,3 or 4” not “2 or 3.”
166. Sixth set, ninth question, answer should be "3 or 4" not "3."

Someone check me on this, but I'm pretty confident on this stuff

141. Number 8, last rule. Should say "tan team" not "teal team."
136. In the example, it says "Kendra comes home from work to find six messages left on her answering answering" Should say "answering machine" I'm assuming...

[The LSAT Trainer]

166. Fourth set, sixth question, answer should be “2” not “1 or 2.”
166. Sixth set, fourth question, answer should be “2,3 or 4” not “2 or 3.”
166. Sixth set, ninth question, answer should be "3 or 4" not "3."

Someone check me on this, but I'm pretty confident on this stuff

141. Number 8, last rule. Should say "tan team" not "teal team."
136. In the example, it says "Kendra comes home from work to find six messages left on her answering answering" Should say "answering machine" I'm assuming...

EDIT - you are right about everything except the two comments about the sixth set on pg 166 -- remember the max limits.

[The LSAT Trainer]

btw -- I think I'm going to close this up fairly soon, so that I can get all of these issues fixed as quickly as possible --so, if you have any more, please submit them over the next few days, and thanks again to everyone who has contributed thus far .

[The LSAT Trainer]

Okay -- last call everyone -- come on scoobers -- can't u find a few more? -- thanks again to all of you who have helped -- mk

[The LSAT Trainer]

Alright -- I'm going to go ahead and close this up so that I can get these changes into the books as quickly as possible -- thanks again to all who contributed -- I'll be in touch -- Mike