LSAT 129 – Section 1 – Question 09

LSAT 129 - Section 1 - Question 09

June 2009

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT129 S1 Q09
+LR
+Exp
Inference +Inf
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
A
13%
159
B
73%
164
C
2%
155
D
7%
157
E
5%
158
139
151
163
 +Medium 146.023 +SubsectionMedium

One should always capitalize the main words and the first and last words of a title. But one should never capitalize articles, or prepositions and conjunctions with fewer than five letters, when they occur in the middle of a title.

Summary
The first word, the last word, and the main words in a title should be capitalized.
Articles in the middle of a title, and prepositions and conjunctions with fewer than five letters in the middle of a title should not be capitalized.

Very Strongly Supported Conclusions
If an article should be capitalized, then it’s not in the middle of the title.
If a preposition or conjunction with fewer than five letters should be capitalized, then it’s not in the middle of the title.
If a word in the middle of a title should be capitalized, then it’s not an article or a preposition or conjunction with fewer than five letters.

A
If a word that is a preposition or conjunction should be capitalized, then it is the first or last word of the title.
Unsupported. Actually, if a preposition or conjunction should be capitalized, then it’s not in the middle of the title or it’s not shorter than five letters.
B
If a word in the middle of a title should be capitalized, then that word is neither an article nor a conjunction shorter than five letters.
Very strongly supported. Articles and prepositions and conjunctions shorter than five letters in the middle of a title should not be capitalized. So if a word in the middle of a title should be capitalized, it’s not an article and it’s not a conjunction shorter than five letters.
C
All prepositions and conjunctions with fewer than five letters should be uncapitalized in titles.
Unsupported. Prepositions and conjunctions with fewer than five letters in the middle of a title should be uncapitalized. But the first and last words should always be capitalized. So if a short preposition or conjunction is the first or last word, then it should be capitalized.
D
If a word is neither a main word nor a first or last word of a title, then it should not be capitalized.
Unsupported. These words should be capitalized, but that doesn’t mean that all other words should not be capitalized. It’s possible that prepositions and conjunctions with more than five letters should be capitalized, or that other kinds of words like names should be capitalized.
E
Prepositions and conjunctions with five or more letters should be capitalized in any text.
Unsupported. We’re only talking about titles, not about “any text.” Regardless, just because prepositions and conjunctions with fewer than five words should not be capitalized doesn’t necessarily mean that longer prepositions and conjunctions should be.

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