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"Most" confusionIf A most are B and B most are C is it correct to say A most are C ?
... premise correctly, but if it's "most A's are B's" and "most B's are C's", then we can't say ... the conclusion "some young women in China are men" (some A are C) is clearly ... not correct.
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Valid Argument FormsI am currently struggling to move past the CC lessons on valid argument forms. With the use of flashcards, I have been able to memorize what the abst…
... If all A's are B's and the conclusion is some B's are C's, all A's are C's would ... Its actually invalid. The some or most statements have to be ... The arrow and the most statement only go one ... biconditional. If you pour all A's … -
LR Study Guides ThreadI was wondering if we could upload our study guides in this post for those taking the June and upcoming LSATs can always come back to this.
... ’m not a tragedy… I could still be sad. What if I ...
[English] Most A’s are B’s. Most B’s are C’s. Therefore, some A’s are C’s
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Inference MBTI hate these questions, they truly are the bane of my existence, and study. I am not sure what I am missing, but I am just not accurate with these qu…
... most people make a profit, but what if these idiots (the "some" of #3) are ... (B). Most people who invest (A) make a profit (C). Most A's are B's. Most A's are C's. Some B'nicole.hopkins August 2015 General
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Negation of ‘few’I understand that few means some are, most are not. Ex) Few will show up unless there’s free booze. /FB -> FS If there’s no free booze, the…
... ((Some A's are B's) and not(Most A's are B's))".
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Are these arguments valid?**Most beers in are cans. Most cans contain beer.** Conclusion: The number of beers is not greater than double nor fewer than half the number of can…
... out as buckets. Then I got thinking about some strange ideas. ...
Then I thought about adding the additional premise, B --Most--->A:
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Can you think of a situation where most A's are B's, most B's are A'Qualifiers and Valid/Invalid ArgumentsHey everyone! I've been reviewing valid and invalid argument forms this afternoon, and I'm having a bit of trouble so any help would be greatly appre…
... also given with it: Most A’s are B’s. Most B’s are C’s. Therefore, some A’s are C’s - but using actual ... examples is most helpful to me ...PT45.S4.Q16 - Most people in modern societyHi there, #help please How would you contra-pose MOST?: <strong>X<em> --most-- </em>Y</strong> would it be: <strong><strike>Y</strike><em> …
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You ... cannot say that most B are ...Tips for Quickly Eliminating Answer Choices (PR, Strengthen, Assumptions)Hey All, Over the past few months, since I began my LSAT journey, I've accumulated a few tips on how to quickly eliminate answer choices for Paral…
... me know if these are reliable or if they can see a blind spot ... parallel. If the stimulus' conclusion is something like "All X's are Ys ... " and there are answer choices that say "Some A's are B's" or "All A's are some B's," then ...Can all "Group 1" logical indicators be negated to "some not"Hello everyone! I'm still going through the CC and reached the section about "Some and Most Relationships." I understand that the negation of "all" i…
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"All A's are B's."
Group 1 translation: A→B
Negation: A←some→/B
Translating sentences into lawgicThis question is taken from the Group 1 Group 2 Translation exercise but I'm finding recurring instances of odd translations into conditional lawgic.…
... if I told you All A's are usually B's, All A's are often B's or All A's are sometimes B's ... " as the necessary condition, but then again, that is usually going ... possible necessary/sufficient conditions, but some words have meanings so clearly ...What is the negation of "not many"?How do you negate "not many"? To me, you can't just dropped the "not". Here's my thought process: "Not many" seems to be the same as "some not…
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Second, if "many" really were equivalent to "some", then the negation of ... to "all not". If "many" were equivalent to "some", then when I say ... . "Some A's are B's" is true if there is only one A&B thing or a million A ...Do any LR questions have less than two terms which both appear twice?It seems to me that it is impossible to form a complete logical argument in which the key terms do not appear at least twice, and it also seems that …
... not LSAT logic, "If P, then Q" and "All A's are B's" are very different. In ... sure if you're asking whether there are arguments in which *some* atomic ... propositions don't show up more than once, or if ...Struggling with a valid argument formIn the lesson [Valid Argument Forms 4 - 9 of 9](https://7sage.com/lesson/valid-argument-forms-4-9-of-9), a corollary to valid form 6 is introduced th…
... You wrote above all non-A's are B's. We don't know that ... many A's and B's are not intersecting. So by saying "Some non-A's are non-B's" we are ... it could be some, most, or even all. But "some" is the ...
Let me know ifWhen does "As are B" = "All As are B" and when does it mean "As generally are B"Is there any rule of the English language that allows us to tell when the claim "As are B" means every single A is a B, and when "As are B" is a gene…
... "As are B" is a generalization that means only that some or most As are B?
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If I say, Apples are healthy, I do think ...Struggling to grasp significance in negationSo I have a question regarding the rule used for negation ie 'All jedi use the force' is negated as 'some jedi do not use the force'. Wouldn't 'so…
... the fact that, in most conversational situations, if you were to assert ... would imply “some A’s are not B’s”. Why?—Because if you knew that All A’s are B’s, why ... .
(1) Some A’s are B’s. In fact, all A’Struggling with a valid argument formIn the lesson [Valid Argument Forms 4 - 9 of 9](https://7sage.com/lesson/valid-argument-forms-4-9-of-9), a corollary to valid form 6 is introduced th…
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All B's are C's (in this case, A and B ... "some non-A's are non-Valid Argument FormsI'm just going through the lesson on Valid Argument Forms now and I was wondering for which questions are the existential quantifiers relevant? I gu…
... is read as: Some A's are B's and all B's are C's. Therefore some A's are C's.
And also All implies most, and most ...What to do when you can't find an answer on BRSo today, for what might be the first time, I could not even guess what the answer to a question was on BR. It's PT 60, S1, Q21. I've gone over the q…
... . If not full on diagramming with arrows, at least "All C's are ... A's are B's, most B's are C's and all C's are D's
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All cats are ... are scary. (this is an All A's are B'How do you diagram "except when"?I ran into this on a Principle question. I diagrammed it as a unless condition, I was not completely sure though and really nervous about it. Is i…
An example would be All A's are B's EXCEPT WHEN they are C's. That in english essentially means, if you are an A but NOT a C, then you are a B. So Diagrammed, it would be A+~C---->B. Can anyone check my Reasoning on that? LolHow do you diagram "except when"?I ran into this on a Principle question. I diagrammed it as a unless condition, I was not completely sure though and really nervous about it. Is i…
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All A's are B's EXCEPT WHEN they are C's.
In ... ; not (A -> B)
If you just treat (A->B) as a variable ... , say X, then ...Can I treat "few" as same as "some" and "many"?Remember in "Some and Most Relationship" lesson, JY mentions that "some" and "many" can be used interchangeably because they both have subjective def…
Few actually translates to mean that "some are" and "most are not" in lawgic
Ex: Few A's are B's
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https://7sage.com/lesson/few-statements-meaning-and-translation/Can I treat "few" as same as "some" and "many"?Remember in "Some and Most Relationship" lesson, JY mentions that "some" and "many" can be used interchangeably because they both have subjective def…
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... be that ALL As are Bs, just that some A’s are B’s for the argument ... negation of AC1 allows for some effective approaches to be fun ... the negation of some is none. If no effective approaches are fun, the ..."no A are B" equals "all A are ~B"?Help! I thought "no A are B" equals "~B are A"
... about Not all A's are B's, does that translate into A some B?
"Some" means at least 1, but could mean all. All implies most ... , and most implies some. At a minimum, at least 1 A is not a B."no A are B" equals "all A are ~B"?Help! I thought "no A are B" equals "~B are A"
... if it makes sense to you then go with it. No A’s are B’s translates ... to A implies not B. You ... as /A -> B. “If you are not an A, then you are a B.” “Not being an A implies B.”PT68.S2.Q16: explanation video is great but I don’t understand how JY even got thereI had a total deer in the headlights moment with this question. I just didn’t even know what to think after reading the stimulus aside from why nonco…
... the defendant might have a reasonable argument if he had not complied ... A a subset of B, meaning all A's are B's but maybe not all B's are A's? Does A have some ... and make them more restrictive if they want.Reversibility of "Some"Can anyone explain to me in detail why "some" statements with negations in them are reversible? For example, "A some /B" or "/A some B" I've been re…
... B's. But just from A some /B, we cannot infer that some things that are not A's are B's ... . Because it could be that case that some A's are ...Negation Help !Some A's are not B's A's -----> not B 's (some) What if I want to negate some A's are not B's? would the negation be .... …
The negation of some A's are not B's is essentially all A's are B's. Think about it :) A--->Bvalid inferences. Help greatly appreciated!I don't think we can draw any valid inferences from the following two statements, but Manhattan LR says we can (pg.412) 1. Some cars are sedans, a…
@Beth. Could you properly infer that most cars are not sedans? "Some" can include "most" right (if 99/100 cars are sedans, then "some cars are sedans" and it wouldn't be proper to infer that "most cars are not sedans")? Or am I misunderstanding? Thanks.