October 2004 LSAT Section 3 Question 16

Which one of the following is a complete and accurate list of the sites each of which CANNOT be the site discovered b...

gracehazelhoff on October 21, 2023

Last Rule

For the last rule, why does "either 1st or 4th" mean that the third spot is more recent than both the first and the fourth? I thought either/or meant one or the other or both?

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Emil-Kunkin on October 21, 2023

On its own yes, but if we say that X dates dates earlier than does either Y or Z, this has the effect of grouping y and z.

In an analogous situation, we could say "Schwarber had more homers than Harper or Bohm did." This clearly should indicate that schwarber was first.