I guess the easiest way to distinguish between them would be this: when the question stem says which of the following MOST helps to justify then thats a PSA question.

when it mentions: which one the following if assumed would help justify the argument then thats a SA question.

Be on the lookout for the word MOST, that is what differentiates the two.

think of it this way, for Sufficient assumption questions, you are looking for an answer that absolutely guarantees that you get from Premise A to conclusion B. this is why the strongly worded answers are generally indicators of a sufficient assumption answer instead of a necessary one.

On necessary assumption questions however you are looking for something that doesnt have to absolutely guarantee A---> B assumption but instead is an assumption that absolutely has to be true for the argument to work and generally the authors try to do that in subtle ways which is why most necessary assumption answers are weakly worded in contrast to the sufficient assumption answers that are strongly worded.

this is not to say that strongly worded answers can never be necessary assumptions but be wary of strongly worded answers and be sure if its works as a sufficient asusmption or as a necessary assumption. for more difficult questions a strongly worded answer choice could be a necessary assumption too.

What would help you though is to understand that we are looking for an answer that absolutely has to be true for the argument to work so work with the mindset of finding a MBT answer instead of getting bogged down by weakly worded or strongly worded distinction. Treat them like a MBT question and you'll see that it becomes easier to spot the correct answer this way.

"What absolutely has to be true to make the argument work?"

@jacquestoupin470 , so the flaw would be when we say that GRB's exist only because it is his opinion that they do right?

Alright, so that part is just there to probably make it more convoluted. Thanks @rishia952.

I guess the "as if it were subject to verification" is what was tripping me up. But I think I got it now. Thanks.

@jacquestoupin470 : it was a flaw descriptive question. PT 20 S4 Q18

I read at the georgetown admissions site that GRE score would be included separately in the ABA reports so probably GRE scores would become equally important from the rankings perspective thereby diminishing the imporatnce of lsat scores i think. Also it seems that all schools have absolutely no preference when it comes to considering GRE or the LSAT. So GRE does indeed sound like a much better option but probably its gonna take a year or two worth of admissions data to see how the GRE scores play out. Based on the ETS calculator for gre to lsat score conversion, it becomes much easier to score in the the 170s since it is comparatively easier to score the equivalent in GRE. HOWEVER the way the scale of gre is established, it is would be very difficult to differentiate between applicants scoring in the upper ranges so others things are definitely going to come into consideration more. In my opinion GRE would be much easier for anybody and everybody but Its probably best to stick with LSAT for now. GRE would probably be useful for people who may apply 2-3 years from now i think when admissions data regarding the same is more abundant.

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oh thank you so much. now that i read it carefully i realised that the first sentence you mentioned was the main conclusion is infact the conclusion of the scientist and not of the author. and the second sentence that it is correctly regarded as a scientific law of the author.

i'm sorry about that. i'll keep that in mind next time onwards.

As for the question its actually this one: https://classic.7sage.com/lsat_explanations/lsat-23-section-3-question-09/

Now what i was asking is that for a question like this which has a conditional conclusion, i dont really understand if i am supposed to draw it out or how to go about it.

This being an easier question i could spot the new word "feasible" in the conclusion and really work my way to the correct answer but i really struggle when such conditional conclusions come in more difficult LR questions. i dont really understand how to make sense of that conclusion or how to evaluate the argument because the conclusion is conditional. so just wanted to someone's opinion as to how to tackle such conclusions.

@ninaleaoishi762 ... Could you elaborate on this technique of yours?

honestly i cannot speak for everybody because everybody has a different learning style but i did the testmasters course and what i actually realised from that was that unless you're some sort of a genius who can finish the entire syllabus in 2 months, you'd be better off taking a course where you study at your own pace. the in class prep classes maybe good no doubt but honestly its too much to learn in a period of 2 months because its not something that you could study for 18 hours a day and be done with it in 2 months. this test is something you'll learn with time and discipline. it all comes down to this. it took me just 2-3 months of lg drilling learning from scratch to come to a point where i dont get more than a question wrong and as you know thats just one section and that too the easiest one. everything can be done no doubt but you need to give it time to sink in so i would advise you to either join a self study online course which i think would be great or you could probably self study. 7Sage is great honestly if you are considering. i'm learning much more than i did in the inprep class. so my advise would be to be sure before paying 1500$ and You'd be better off without it if you have a very hectic workload from other things in life.

thank you so much for taking the effort to write this up for me @rahelaalam514 . I asked because i was going through that part of the curriculum and people had mentioned these things in the comments and i just wanted to make sure if it indeed was the case.

@tranduc1991587

i had just one LG section which included the east west game and it was based on games from earlier exams. it wasnt a difficult game at all if one made certain inferences. it was definitely the original LG section.

please add me as well to the group. really looking forward to it.