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Conditional Formulations
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Below, you'll find examples of every bit of conditional language we've ever seen on the LSAT, along with the correct symbolization for each sentence.
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✓Pizza is Addictive.
✓All Pizza is Addictive.
✓If it’s Pizza, then it’s Addictive.
✓Any Pizza is Addictive.
✓No Pizza is not Addictive.
✓So long as it’s Pizza, it’s Addictive.
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✓Only Pizza is Addictive.
✓A thing is Addictive only if it’s Pizza.
✓The only Addictive thing is Pizza.
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A→P
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✓LARP*ing is enough to make you Cool.
✓LARPing causes you to be Cool.
✓LARPing makes you Cool.
✓Anyone who LARPs is Cool.
✓Everyone who LARPs is Cool.
✓Every time a person LARPs, she’s also Cool.
✓Coolness happens every time LARPing occurs.
✓LARPing is always Cool.
✓LARPing implies Coolness.
✓LARPing inevitably results in being Cool.
✓Because she LARPs, she’s Cool.
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L→C
~C→~L
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*Live Action Role Playing! (If there’s one thing we know, it’s being cool. Obvs. 👊🏽 )
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✓LARPing is necessary for being Cool.
✓To be Cool, one must LARP.
✓Being Cool requires LARPing.
✓LARPing is essential for being Cool.
✓You need to LARP to be Cool.
✓The only Cool people are those who LARP.
✓You can’t be Cool unless you LARP.
✓You can’t be Cool without LARPing.
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C→L
~L→~C
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✓No Yankees fans are Red Sox fans.
✓Yankees fandom is incompatible with Red Sox fandom.
✓Yankees fandom is inconsistent with Red Sox fandom.
✓Yankees fans are not Red Sox fans.
✓Yankees fans are never Red Sox fans.
✓Yankees fans cannot be with/go with Red Sox fans.
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Y→~R
R→~Y
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✓Everyone loves either Baseball or Apple pie.
✓Apple pie is chosen by anyone who does not love Baseball.
✓Apple pie appears/happens every time Baseball does not.
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~B→A
~A→B
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✓One can travel at the speed of light (C) if and only if one is moving at 186K mi/sec.
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âś“You’re traveling at the speed of light if but only if you’re going 186K mi/sec.Â
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âś“Traveling at the speed of light means nothing more than that you’re going 186K mi/sec.Â
✓Traveling at the speed of light is the same as going 186K mi/sec.
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✓The only requirement for traveling at the speed of light is to be going 186K mi/sec.
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C→186 and 186→C
~186→~C and ~C→~186
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