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Lessons · Skill Builder - Comparatives 2
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devientmelody
6 days ago

“Accustomed to maintain” is habit-language. Habits are usually compared within the same situation unless the sentence tells you the situation changed. Pair that with “on very cold days,” and it strongly suggests: when it’s very cold, they used to keep it at X, now they keep it at Y, and Y is lower.

Grammatically, “on very cold days” lives inside the comparison clause (“accustomed to maintain”), not inside the main clause (“maintained a lower temperature”). So, strictly speaking, the sentence explicitly tells you the baseline is “what they were accustomed to on very cold days” (vs what they were not accustomed to on very cold days).

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Study Groups · Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill study group?
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devientmelody
Sunday, Feb 01

I'm glad people are joining this group. For those who joined, what is your preferred way to meet? I have shared my # in the group chat, so please text me if you prefer to connect via text. I'm interested to know where is everyone is at learning wise? And if there is something specific you wish to work on as a group?

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Is anyone from the Triangle area of North Carolina interested in forming a study group that is flexible to meet online or in person? I’m taking the February test, as well as the April one, so if anyone wants to partner up, let me know.

Aside from group study and accountability, it would be nice to also have it function as a local support group that can help ease the stress, or just to have another person who recognizes the source of your struggles. I’m hoping to find a balance between studying and support with others in the area who are also going through the same journey.

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PrepTests ·
PT140.S2.Q17
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devientmelody
Sunday, Jan 18

wouldn't it be "every lake nearby has only healthy fish"?

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PT140.S2.Q25
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devientmelody
Saturday, Jan 17

Something else about answer choice E that made me uneasy is the quantifier “more than a million miles.” That range is extremely broad. It could include distances far beyond a few million miles, extending into tens, hundreds, or thousands of millions of miles, and beyond.

Because the conclusion is set on stars "not more than a few million miles from Earth", an answer choice that allows such an expansive and potentially unbounded group creates a mismatch, leaving open too many cases that would not meaningfully support the conclusion.

Unfortunately, I ignored my discomfort because the latter part of E seemed to track the language of the stimulus, which made it feel relevant even though it was not logically necessary.

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PT149.S1.Q18
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devientmelody
Sunday, Jan 11

The mistake I and many others made has a specific name in linguistics and logic: Generic Reference vs. Specific Reference. In real life, we use the word "The" to talk about types of things all the time, even if they happen multiple times.

Real Life Example: "The city bus stops here at 6:00 PM. The city bus stops here at 7:00 PM."

The LSAT disables "Generic Reference" mode. When they say "The [Noun]", they strictly mean a single, specific, isolated instance of that noun. If "The Single Event" happens at 6:00, it cannot also happen at 7:00.

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PT149.S2.P4.Q27
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devientmelody
Thursday, Jan 08

Coordination requires cooperation. Cooperation does not require coordination.

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PT123.S2.Q16
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devientmelody
Thursday, Jan 08

@MaiaTuna You can rephrase the statement as "Which of the following statements would be a point of disagreement between Sandra and Taylor?" Sandra would agree with D, supported by "Many scientific disciplines obtain extremely precise results, which should not be doubted merely because of their precision."; Taylor would disagree, supported by "...all such mathematically precise claims, is suspect, because claims of such exactitude could never be established by science."

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PT123.S2.Q25
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devientmelody
Thursday, Jan 08

"Because the academy discouraged innovation in the arts, there was little innovation in nineteenth century French sculpture. Yet nineteenth century French painting showed a remarkable degree of innovation." Our paradox includes all sculptures and paintings. The setup wants to mislead us to think the academy's sponsorship affected everything, but it only affects what it sponsors. Therefore, the rest of nineteenth century French paintings and sculptures are free to take on different trajectories.

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PrepTests ·
PT150.S2.Q9
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devientmelody
Tuesday, Jan 06

@asdfghjkl even so, "most without has a label" means "some without has no label". I eliminated C on that ground, especially if the one no-label item happens to be something many dishes use like onion. I think the biggest fake out on this is that fact Weaken stem doesn't need to be 100% ironclad, and I suppose this question is a perfect example of that rule.

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PrepTests ·
PT155.S2.Q24
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devientmelody
Wednesday, Nov 26 2025

After thinking about it more, C basically says that some factories in this country pay most of their workers more than the minimum wage. The implication is that if many people are already earning above minimum wage, then raising the minimum wage wouldn’t matter.

But this is misleading. C completely ignores the group that actually matters for this argument which are the workers who are earning at or near minimum wage. Those are the people who would benefit from an increase.

On the surface, C looks like it weakens the argument, but it’s really just a distraction. It directs attention to workers who aren’t directly affected while avoiding the core issue, thus irrelevant.

That’s why C ends up being the correct answer.

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