Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT130 S4 Q4 Explanation

Linguist: Most people can tell

A free, expert breakdown of this official LSAT Logical Reasoning question.

TopicsPrinciple-Conform

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Stimulus

Linguist: Most people can tell whether a sequence of words in their own dialect is grammatical. Yet few people who can do so the relevant grammatical rules.

What this question is testing

Principle-Conform

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

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The question
4.

Which one of the following best illustrates the principle underlying the

Answer choices

  1. Wrong Relationship1% picked this

    Some people are able to write cogent and accurate narrative descriptions of events. But these people are not necessarily also capable of

    The relationship of these two statements is the ability to one thing, while unable to do something very similar in another context.

  2. Wrong Relationship0% picked this

    Engineers who apply the principles of physics to design buildings and bridges must know a great deal more than do the

    This includes a comparative relationship, while the stimulus does not.

  3. Correct90% picked this

    Some people are able to tell whether any given piece of music is a waltz. But the majority of these people cannot state

    Why this is right

    These people cannot specify how they know the piece of music is a waltz, even though it is and they know it.

    Skill tested: Principle-Conform · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

  4. Too Strong3% picked this

    Those travelers who most enjoy their journeys are not always those most capable of vividly describing the details

    This relationship includes an issue of degree (most enjoy and most capable) that is not included in the stimulus.

  5. Opposite Relationship6% picked this

    Quite a few people know the rules of chess, but only a small number of them can

    In this example people know the rules, but cannot execute, while in the stimulus people can execute, but don’t know the rules.

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