June 2010 LSAT Section 5 Question 18

Based on the passage, it can be concluded that the author and Broyles-González hold essentially the same attitude toward

sakshi_h on April 20, 2022

At 39:03...

Hello, At 39:03, when we go over the first missing conclusion question, is it okay that I got "V-some-U" instead of "U-some-V"? I know that these statements are reversible, but what I didn't do is reverse the statement beforehand. As in, I did not make the first premise "U-some-W" to bring "W" over to the right side before finding the conclusion. Thanks!

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Emil-Kunkin on April 22, 2022

Hi Sakshi,

We are given the premises that w -some- U, and If W - V, and from that we know that some Ws are V and some Vs are W. So, your interpretation was correct. It doesn't matter which "side" of a some statement you use. "Somes" are unique in that respect, so as long as you remember that u -some- w and w -some- u are the same, you don't have to worry about what is on the left or right of a some statement.

sakshi_h on April 29, 2022

Hi Emil,

Thank you!