For those of you wondering how to best interpret what (A) is saying...after reading it 2,000 times in my head:
(A) Indicating the state of affairs on which the economist's prediction was conditioned did not obtain
Breakdown:
1) "State of Affairs" = circumstances (eventual recession)
2) "On which the economist's prediction was conditioned" = indicates that the circumstances (eventual recession) were conditional on a trigger/sequence of events (inaction by politicians)
3)"Did not Obtain" = didn't occur
Watch what happens when we water it down:
The circumstances described by the author required a trigger/sequence of events, and that trigger/sequence didn't occur.
The fact that though his prediction was ultimately wrong in the end, the economist was only wrong because politicians noticed the potential consequences and intervened. He probably maintains that without this intervention, his prediction would have prevailed.
Glad to see others got caught up as well on A being worded so weirdly with the use of "obtain" like that. Knowing the supposed 'GigaBrains™' of the test writers its probably linguistically correct, but hot DAMN is it a weird thing to pull even for a difficulty 4 problem. Like if it was written slightly differently I might've chosen it first
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163 comments
Bro no one talks like that. These writers need to touch grass. "did not obtain"?? get out of here.
didn't choose A cause I thought it was a mishmash answer, it was so poorly worded. wtf? 'did not obtain'?
Can't say I've ever seen "did not obtain" used that way in a sentence. Definitely threw me off.
I really should have read more books growing up. DID NOT OBTAIN?? Bro, just say that the policy did or didn't change. DAMN.
Thank God we're all on the same page!
For those of you wondering how to best interpret what (A) is saying...after reading it 2,000 times in my head:
(A) Indicating the state of affairs on which the economist's prediction was conditioned did not obtain
Breakdown:
1) "State of Affairs" = circumstances (eventual recession)
2) "On which the economist's prediction was conditioned" = indicates that the circumstances (eventual recession) were conditional on a trigger/sequence of events (inaction by politicians)
3) "Did not Obtain" = didn't occur
Watch what happens when we water it down:
The circumstances described by the author required a trigger/sequence of events, and that trigger/sequence didn't occur.
The fact that though his prediction was ultimately wrong in the end, the economist was only wrong because politicians noticed the potential consequences and intervened. He probably maintains that without this intervention, his prediction would have prevailed.
Glad to see others got caught up as well on A being worded so weirdly with the use of "obtain" like that. Knowing the supposed 'GigaBrains™' of the test writers its probably linguistically correct, but hot DAMN is it a weird thing to pull even for a difficulty 4 problem. Like if it was written slightly differently I might've chosen it first
Never heard the word obtain used quite like that
@JohnThorn lmao
POE got this right for me.
Obtain what?!? Like, what are you saying bruv
@mrunordinary lmao
A just sounds like the Answer was cut off... what kind of sentence is that????
The state of grammar on which my answer was conditioned did not obtain.
didnt know obtain could be used like that
Lesson in vocab in the middle of a lesson on MoR. Nice.
i didnt understand A, but i chose it because i knew none of the others were correct.
ate that
@JessicaVerdugoLopez precisely how I feel even though the correct answer I did obtain.
i didnt choose A simply bc i could not decipher what it was saying
@jrm98 facts
You are going to have to study obtention in law school
I skipped A because I thought it should be 'critic's prediction was conditioned did not obtain', not 'economist's prediction'.
No idea why did I even think in this way but still confused🙂
this whole question is just not giving
I didn't get the language of A
If you're like me and had no clue at all what A was even trying to say
State of affairs
LSAT meaning: Situation, circumstance, condition, thing that's happening
For translation, just replace with "situation" every time
Did not obtain
LSAT meaning: Didn't happen, didn't occur, isn't true
Answer A
LSAT: "indicating that the state of affairs on which the economist's prediction was conditioned did not obtain"
How people actually talk: "pointing out that the IF situation (policies not changed) didn't actually happen"