PT46.S2.Q23 - Whoever is kind is loved by somebody

The Noodley

I was able to get this question right but was not sure about the negation of "anyone".

so the negation of anyone is someone???

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Bumblebee

Negation of "no one" is "someone".

Usually, "Anyone" means "everyone" or "all".
So the negation of "anyone... is X" would be "some people are not...X"

But, in the context of this particular argument, "anyone" is used to mean "somebody".

"If you love anyone, you are happy" means "if you love at least one person/somebody, you are happy". This is different from saying, "If you love everyone, you are happy". The first interpretation is correct in the context.

With this in mind, you can take the contrapositive of answer choice D) to see that this answer choice bridges the gap between the premise and the conclusion.

Whoever loves ((no one)) is/ loved by [no one]
Contrapositive: One who is be loved by [somebody]/ loves ((somebody/"anyone"))

The Noodley

@happyLSAT said:
Negation of "no one" is "someone".

Usually, "Anyone" means "everyone" or "all".
So the negation of "anyone... is X" would be "some people are not...X"

But, in the context of this particular argument, "anyone" is used to mean "somebody".

"If you love anyone, you are happy" means "if you love at least one person/somebody, you are happy". This is different from saying, "If you love everyone, you are happy". The first interpretation is correct in the context.

With this in mind, you can take the contrapositive of answer choice D) to see that this answer choice bridges the gap between the premise and the conclusion.

Whoever loves ((no one)) is/ loved by [no one]
Contrapositive: One who is be loved by [somebody]/ loves ((somebody/"anyone"))

thank you! I am an ESL taker so I was confused whether "anyone" in that context means "someone" when approaching this question; thanks for the clarification!

Bumblebee

@"Testing..." My pleasure! Glad I could help

ChaimtheGreat

Yeah I have done countless LR problems but this is one I remember. Conditional difficulty at its finest.

The Noodley

@ChaimtheGreat said:
Yeah I have done countless LR problems but this is one I remember. Conditional difficulty at its finest.

I feel like SA questions on 75+ are trickier than before;