Sufficient & Necessary Questions - - Question 17

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Mazen September 26, 2021

I implore you diagram the following sentence:

"it's easy to get subsidies for propaganda" The video and the written explanation contradict each other when diagramming the above-quoted sentence. I understand that this sentence is NOT relevant for arriving at the correct answer-choice. However, it is bothering me that the video explanation treats "propaganda" as sufficient and "subsidies" as necessary and that the written explanation treats these variables in the opposite manner: "propaganda" as necessary and "subsidies" as sufficient. Would an authority on the subject please put this issue to rest? What is controlling in determining who is the sufficient the preposition "for," i.e. "for propaganda; or the context which lends support to the written explanation rather than the diagram in the video? I am concerned that a similar phraseology might show in a passage in which the sentence is relevant to the "must be true" question. Thank you

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Mazen September 27, 2021

Please diagram the following sentence from the stimulus:

"it's easy to get subsidies for propaganda"

The video and the written explanation contradict each other when diagramming the above-quoted sentence.


I understand that this sentence is NOT relevant for arriving at the correct answer-choice.

However, it is bothering me that the video explanation treats "propaganda" as sufficient and "subsidies" as necessary while the written explanation treats these variables in the opposite manner: "propaganda" as necessary and "subsidies" as sufficient.

Would an authority on the subject please put this issue to rest? What is controlling in determining who is the sufficient: is it the preposition "for," i.e. "for propaganda; or the context which lends support to the written explanation rather than the diagram in the video; or is something completely different?

I am concerned that a similar phraseology might show in a passage in which the sentence is relevant to the "must be true" question.

Please help!

Thank you