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greater than

bigger

than

higher

When Logical Reasoning arguments involve comparisons, it’s often true

that a) the support uses a comparison, but the conclusion doesn’t need it,

b) the conclusion is a comparison, but the support isn’t about a comparison,

comparisons

or c) the support and the conclusion offer two mismatching comparisons.

lower

less

just as

smaller

as... as

because of

no more likely than

influences

affects

causation

Keep in mind that causation is also often wordlessly implied in the reasoning of an argument.

For example, “Ken is doing poorly in school, so I am going to limit how much television he can

due to

watch” implies a causal relationship between school performance and watching television.

impacts

causes

a majority

tend to

could

a few

most

most likely

usually

several

almost certainly

certain

generally

some

primarily due to

qualifiers

strongly influenced

These qualifiers are most important when they appear in the

can

conclusion, for if our job is to be critical, the qualifiers in the

conclusion will almost always be wrong. If a conclusion says

must

something must be, expect that it won’t have to be, and if a con-

purely

undoubtedly

should

clusion claims something is most likely, expect that it won’t be.

only

definitely

CONDITIONAL TERMS

any

cannot

then

each

whenever

always

only

the only

must

unless

none

need

are

were

all

except

every

will be

require

never

was

everyone

when

only if

invariably

words that indicate sufficiency

words that indicate guarantees

words that indicate a necessary result

As we’ve discussed many times, just because statements can be thought of in conditional terms doesn’t mean they have

to be. If you read an argument, “Jan is Canadian. Therefore, he must love Arcade Fire,” hopefully you can see what’s

wrong with the reasoning without having to think about it in conditional terms. Still, there will certainly be situations

for which you need to think about statements in terms of conditional guarantees (typically for Sufficient Assumption,

Inference, and Matching questions), and it’s certainly important for you to feel confident in your ability to do so.

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