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@jhbm90878 Exactly! I can see how C is correct, especially in comparison to the other choices ... but I was wary of it because it's the PA's opinion - not explicitly the author's opinion.
I eliminated (C) during the actual take and BR because I thought "highly susceptible to inaccuracy" didn't meet the burden of proof needed to 100% justify the conclusion. Now that I'm taking a third look at all the choices w/o timed pressure, I can see how this is obviously the right choice.
I'm fighting the urge to debate the logical validity of [highly susceptible to inaccuracy] = [100% inaccurate]. Instead, I'll just chalk it up to LSAT writers being tricky, and that (C) is absolutely right in relation to the other answer choices.
@HayleeHarris Thank you! This is super helpful.
@Saul McGill Same here! I eliminated (A) during the actual take and BR because I thought it ignored other premises (ones that seemed, arbitrarily, more important to me, e.g. accepting the coupons didn't cost Checker's anything).
I suppose the premises in this stimulus are independently sufficient, so it's not necessarily that all premises are triggered; so long as at least one premise is triggered, the conclusion follows logically.
Also, love your username ... s'all good man.
@Remember_Iryna_Zarutska how do you know the speaker is a man?
RRE is proving to be the most difficult question type for me... I should drill more of these so I better understand RRE's patterns.
@tspinnanger Thank you!
@TiaraFulcher Seconding this question. I'd like to use this cheat sheet but it is not user-friendly at the moment.
@sophielevitt My thoughts exactly! I took for granted that "all" in this context referred to "all horror stories," as per the passage. I'll have to be more discerning about "all," "most," and "some" here on out.
As a fellow English major and writer, I really appreciate and relate to this video! I think I'll have to check my pride at the door for this section ... let's just say I'm not an "outliner" when it comes to my writing process.
I feel like it will be more beneficial to create a solid outline/structure first and worry about rhetorical flourish if time permits. A former writing professor of mine told me that "you need to bake the cake before you frost it" -- this seems especially true in a timed situation. Maybe it's better, generally, to sacrifice style for argumentative clarity than vice versa.