The "some people say" principle in "main conclusion" questions

attorneysomerville · July 2016

I have commented in the past about what I call the "some people say" principle. I have just finished checking every "main conclusion" question in Preptests 62-71, and have found that the "some people say" formula appears in 14 out of 27 MC questions. In every single one of these instances, the "main conclusion" can be easily and accurately determined by taking the "some people say" text and negating it. (In many cases, the stimulus does this for you--the next sentence after a "some people say" formula is often something like, "But these critics are wrong," or "This suggestion is unreliable, because..."

The Aviator · July 2016

I guess just like JY said, those "some people's" opinions rarely are in alignment with the authors'.

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