Why is the correct answer D, and what makes c wrong?
CeciOctober 31, 2018
@caleb & @emmanuelle , i dont know if I'm allowed to help but if you read between C and D, C doesn't really say there's anything wrong with what the lawyer wrote. And while that may be true, that the paper is well-written, D states there's an issue, which is what passage B says about lawyers writing. That it lacks a 'storytelling" ; the issue.
DekeJune 10, 2019
Totally allowed to help Emma, in fact i find helping others helps me better understand the mistakes I'm making, and even better understand the reasons i picked the right answer.
DekeJune 10, 2019
C i think is specifically wrong, because (among other reasons) it says "well crafted", and at line 43 the author specifically says lawyers all to often write BADLY.
You brought your own outside the test assumption into the LSAT. Most of answer C is from your own personal narrative of how you believe lawyers write, with a splash of what the author believes thrown in at the end.
The LSAT can't do this directly, but the skill they are trying to instill in you is a very tough one, confine your thoughts to the four corners of the document.
Say you're reviewing a contract for a business, and for 100 years every widget shipped to your client's company has come with grease inside the fitting that connects the widget to your clients machine, and tape over the fitting so the grease doesn't get dirty. If the next contract for 6 Million widgets in the next 20 years does not SPECIFICALLY say "grease and tape" in the document, !YOU! Corp Counsel are the ONLY person who is likely to see that, and notice that difference. Once that contract is signed no amount of "but your honor this has always been done this way", will keep your company from being charged $1 per widget extra for all 6 million so they show up as the CEO expected them to show up, and that is EXACTLY why you will be worth the $250 an hour you charge.
