Pt 24 section 3 # 15 Forum

[ltowns1]

I got this right,but I'm curious, would (E) have been correct if you traded "at least one" for the word "some"?Or is that the same thing? I thought you can't combine two some statements which is what I thought (E) did??

[Jon McCarty]

I got this right,but I'm curious, would (E) have been correct if you traded "at least one" for the word "some"?Or is that the same thing? I thought you can't combine two some statements which is what I thought (E) did??

At least one is the definition of some and can be used interchangeably with it, so it would not change this answer choice nor any other statement to swap at least one for some or vice versa.

The prompt on this one actually contains a some (many) and an all statement which can be combined to get a some statement (answer choice E). The all statement is a little hidden though. When they say "such characterizations" it is like saying "all such characterizations." This is how they combine the two statements to reach the some statement in E.

Characterizations <-Some-> Imprecise
Imprecise -----> ~Adequate for criticism
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Inference: Characterizations <-Some-> ~Adequate for criticism (E)


hope this helps!

[ltowns1]

I got this right,but I'm curious, would (E) have been correct if you traded "at least one" for the word "some"?Or is that the same thing? I thought you can't combine two some statements which is what I thought (E) did??

At least one is the definition of some and can be used interchangeably with it, so it would not change this answer choice nor any other statement to swap at least one for some or vice versa.

The prompt on this one actually contains a some (many) and an all statement which can be combined to get a some statement (answer choice E). The all statement is a little hidden though. When they say "such characterizations" it is like saying "all such characterizations." This is how they combine the two statements to reach the some statement in E.

Characterizations <-Some-> Imprecise
Imprecise -----> ~Adequate for criticism



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Inference: Characterizations <-Some-> ~Adequate for criticism (E)


hope this helps!

Those LSAT bastards lol, how am i supposed to know that!!! Lol thanks so much.

[Jon McCarty]

Those LSAT bastards lol, how am i supposed to know that!!! Lol thanks so much.

It's a tricky structure, but for the most part if a statement starts with a noun (characterizations in this case) you can read it as an all statement. There are a few exceptions, like if they qualify it later in the statement with something like "sometimes" or use some funky sentence structures but for your run of the mill statements this will work.

Examples:

(All) People who like pizza like soda.
(All) Dogs that have long hair shed fur.
(All) Characterizations of my work are wrong.

Throwing in the word "such" at the beginning of this statement makes it even more hidden, but I hope this helps!

[ltowns1]

Those LSAT bastards lol, how am i supposed to know that!!! Lol thanks so much.

It's a tricky structure, but for the most part if a statement starts with a noun (characterizations in this case) you can read it as an all statement. There are a few exceptions, like if they qualify it later in the statement with something like "sometimes" or use some funky sentence structures but for your run of the mill statements this will work.

Examples:

(All) People who like pizza like soda.
(All) Dogs that have long hair shed fur.
(All) Characterizations of my work are wrong.

Throwing in the word "such" at the beginning of this statement makes it even more hidden, but I hope this helps!

Thanks that helps a lot