December 1991 LSAT Section 2 Question 7

Those who participate in local politics include people who are genuinely interested in public service and people who ...

dfalero on March 15, 2022

Answer Choice A

I diagrammed the stimulus as: PLP --> GIPS or SO PLP --> ICV Answer choice A I diagrammed as: SO some ICV I understand A is the correct answer choice. To clarify, if i diagrammed in simple terms, is it ALWAYS the case that if: All (A's are B's) and all (A's are C's) then (some B's are C's) and vice versa? Thanks in advance for a response.

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Emil-Kunkin on March 16, 2022

Hi Dfalero,

I think the first statement is not conditional, but a some statement. Since we know that at least one PLP is an SO, and all PLPs ICV, so at least one SO ICV.

That said, it would always be the case that if All As are B, and all As are C, then some Bs are C.

Abigail-Okereke on September 17, 2022

Hello Emil, I diagrammed this question the same way as Danny. Assuming it was a MBT sufficient and necessary question. I don't see the quantifier language in the first statement. Do you have a tips for how to better pinpoint this next time?

Emil-Kunkin on November 28, 2022

Hi,

I think this can happen a lot when we have language that is not as obvious. In general, we have quantifiers whoever we are talking about parts of a whole, or groups that have some overlap. Here we have overlapping groups. In the group of people who are in LP, there are some people who are GIPS and people who are SO. Note that we do not have any S/N language.