@andrewkim9604612 This question is MSS, not RRE or S

@cstevenhively Super helpful! How do you practice time? Do you take all tests/sections/drills under your standard testing conditions? I've been struggling to balance unlimited time with standard time countdown, because i feel like the unlimited really helps me learn what i dont know, but obviously the timed conditions makes me stay on track and get used to moving fast

I understand the logic behind why A is correct, but I don't like that it talks about how the symptoms stop getting worse (aka could remain same), or abated, when the stimulus is talking about whether the people get the disease or not.

It felt like a trap answer concluding that because symptoms stopped getting worse for many and abated for some, i could conclude that without cause there's no effect. like imagine if eating carrots gave you covid, and when you stopped eating carrots your symptoms stopped getting worse or abated. it could still very well be the case that you still have covid.

Please help!

Does someone have any advice on distinguishing between this type of correlation vs causation language? I can generally make a pretty good guess, but in questions like this I lose confidence.

The stimulus has language like "more likely" and "especially likely" while the AC D and E have "tend to become more" and "generally make." I could have guessed the latter is causal language, but how can I be certain going forward? Sounds pretty similar to the correlation language. Thanks!

I got this right because I know there could be half-priced coffee on Wednesdays that free poetry isn't scheduled. However, I'm confused by JY's flawed reasoning/explanations.

He says that the first premise can be translated from "almost every" to "most" which he then later says can include "all." But for AC C, he distinguishes the "almost every" statement meaning "most" to not include "every." Seems to contradict his previous explanation.

Can someone please confirm for the sake of general knowledge:

Does "almost every" mean "most but not all" (~51-99%)? Could it ever include "all" ?

I got this question right but wanted to ask about the explanation for AC B. It says that even if B correctly restated the first premise, it would still be an incorrect answer. Could someone please explain why a premise restatement cannot be correct for an NA question?

I wish there was a dislike button for the explanation video and descriptions.

#help How would I know that "the objection" in AC A refers to the essayist's opinion, while the question stem's "the objection" refers to the critics' opinion? Referential language made it seem like the same one. I thought they were both of the critics', so I initially thought that A had it backwards

Question stem aside, can someone please break down the stimulus to clarify sentence structure?

Is it:

Premise (comparative example) --> premise (descriptive claim) --> conclusion half 1 --> premise (qualifier) --> conclusion half 2 (descriptive conclusion) ?

I got this write initially, but what threw me off about E is it doesn't specify the timeline. What if Newton or Leibniz DID learn crucial details about calculus from some third source, but it was after Leibniz published his version of calculus? What if it was long after the timeline even mentioned in the stimulus?

Having this doubt made me uncertain that E is even absolutely NECESSARY. Pls help

@Aliza GGG BTW that doesn't necessarily contradict the stimulus. Even if it did, saying something is true "even if ..." just excludes a concession. Even if we know that concession would be wrong from the premises, excluding it doesn't make the AC wrong (generally speaking)

@catqing Agreed... still sound the same

Couldn't A offer an alternative explanation? What if there was a separate campaign that sought to limit the spread of food-borne illnesses. Then wouldn't the campaign from the stimulus not necessarily be the cause of the lower influenza rate?

At this point I would choose A because it most strengthens the argument, but I feel like it's a very weak strengthener.