Quantifiers Questions - - Question 12

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KhoalaBear June 14, 2015

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For this question, you didn't spend time writing out the conclusion, which saved some valuable time. So on a real test, how do you know when or when not to spend time writing out the possible conclusions? Should we always try to write out possible conclusions before approaching the answers? or should we look at the answers first?

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Naz June 16, 2015

Well, there are no possible ways to combine any of the sentences. Thus, there are no conclusions waiting to be inferred by combining any of our premises. It's good practice to see which premises can be combined and writing out your possible conclusions before you hit the answer choices during your prep. As you get more proficient at this, you can keep in mind which premises can be combined and hit the answer choices without writing out your conclusions.

However, at this stage, I would say always try to identify what you can combine and what results from their combination. Once you feel very comfortable with this, you can give not writing out the conclusions a try if you feel like it is taking up too much of your time.

For this specific question, however, there are no conclusions to write out.

Hope that clears things up! Please let us know if you have any other questions.