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Hey all,
Just wanted to post a bit about what I'm calling "Statement-Scope". GMAT prep books probably have a much nicer and more applicable term for it, but I'm not sure what it is, so I'll be using Statement-Scope (SS).
Also, this may be very obvious to you. It may not be. Hopefully there are a couple people who read this and gain at least some marginal benefit.
Any statement, generally has a purpose: Say something(1) about something(2).
Often, something(2) is a group or category.
For example, in the statement "Track athletes are fast", "Track athletes" is the "something(2)", and "are fast" is the something(1).
For EVERY statement, this is a statement scope. Statement scope is the subset of something(2) to which something (1) applies
It is very important to pay close attention to the SS, as it is often VERY relevant to finding the assumption on which the argument relies, or to the weakness of the argument.
Words such as:
If no SS term is present, it is implied that the SS is 'all'.
For example, in the sentence above, "Track athletes are fast", it is assumed that ALL track athletes are fast.
If the sentence read "Some track athletes are fast", you can see that the SS only applies to a certain subset of the group. The sentence "Most track athletes are fast" indicates that "Some track athletes are not fast".
The following simple example illustrates how a SS term can change the validity of an argument.
Just wanted to post a bit about what I'm calling "Statement-Scope". GMAT prep books probably have a much nicer and more applicable term for it, but I'm not sure what it is, so I'll be using Statement-Scope (SS).
Also, this may be very obvious to you. It may not be. Hopefully there are a couple people who read this and gain at least some marginal benefit.
Any statement, generally has a purpose: Say something(1) about something(2).
Often, something(2) is a group or category.
For example, in the statement "Track athletes are fast", "Track athletes" is the "something(2)", and "are fast" is the something(1).
For EVERY statement, this is a statement scope. Statement scope is the subset of something(2) to which something (1) applies
It is very important to pay close attention to the SS, as it is often VERY relevant to finding the assumption on which the argument relies, or to the weakness of the argument.
Words such as:
Quote:
Are SS terms. These explicitly tell you what the scope of the statement is.
If no SS term is present, it is implied that the SS is 'all'.
For example, in the sentence above, "Track athletes are fast", it is assumed that ALL track athletes are fast.
If the sentence read "Some track athletes are fast", you can see that the SS only applies to a certain subset of the group. The sentence "Most track athletes are fast" indicates that "Some track athletes are not fast".
The following simple example illustrates how a SS term can change the validity of an argument.
Quote:
GMAT questions will test your understanding of SS, and it won't always be as obvious as the example above.
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