One should always capitalize the main words and the first and last

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One should always capitalize the main words and the first and last words of a title. But one should never capitalize articles, or prepositions and conjunctions with fewer than five letters, when they occur in the middle of a title.

Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the statements above?

(A) If a word that is a preposition or conjunction should be capitalized, then it is the first or last word of the title.
(B) If a word in the middle of a title should be capitalized, then that word is neither an article nor a conjunction shorter than five letters.
(C) All prepositions and conjunctions with fewer than five letters should be uncapitalized in titles.
(D) If a word is neither a main word nor a first or last word of a title, then it should not be capitalized.
(E) Prepositions and conjunctions with five or more letters should be capitalized in any text.

redskull1 · Answer

B could imply a preposition shorter than 5 letters.This goes against the argument.Though logic wise I was tempted to this option, it does'nt make sense as the option doesn't have "preposition"

nide · Answer

We have two statements
1.Main words, first and last words - always capitalize
2.prepositions, conjunctions and articles - with less five words in mid sentence - never capitalize.

(A) If a word that is a preposition or conjunction should be capitalized, then it is the first or last word of the title.
 can't conclude from two statements as prepositions and conjunctions with greater than five letters can be capitalized in mid sentence. 
(B) If a word in the middle of a title should be capitalized, then that word is neither an article nor a conjunction shorter than five letters.
 can infer this from statement two, if the prepositions, conj. and articles are capitalized they should be words with more than five letters. 
(C) All prepositions and conjunctions with fewer than five letters should be uncapitalized in titles.
 prepositions and conjunctions as the first and last words can be capitalized irrespective of the number of letters. 
(D) If a word is neither a main word nor a first or last word of a title, then it should not be capitalized.
 prepositions, conjunctions and articles with greater than five letters can be capitalized in the mid sentence 
(E) Prepositions and conjunctions with five or more letters should be capitalized in any text.
 not necessarily, they will be capitalized if they are main words. It is not a condition to capitalize the prepositions or conjunctions with greater than five letters, but it is a condition to not capitalize the prepositions or conjunctions in the mid sentence with less than five letters. It is important to understand the contrast between these two statements

komalpatna · Answer

B could not be the answer as it left preposition.

unraveled · Answer

One should always capitalize the main words and the first and last words of a title. But one should never capitalize articles, or prepositions and conjunctions with fewer than five letters, when they occur in the middle of a title.

Which one of the following can be properly inferred from the statements above?

(A) If a word that is a preposition or conjunction should be capitalized, then it is the first or last word of the title. - WRONG. What about the size.
(B) If a word in the middle of a title should be capitalized, then that word is neither an article nor a conjunction shorter than five letters. - CORRECT. 
(C)  All  prepositions and conjunctions with fewer than five letters should be uncapitalized in titles. - WRONG. 
(D) If a word is neither a main word nor a first or last word of a title, then it should not be capitalized. - WRONG. What about words with more than 5 letters.
(E) Prepositions and conjunctions with five or more letters should be capitalized in any text. - WRONG. If they are main words, what then.

Condition for capitalizing:
1. Type of word
a. Main word of title
b. First word of title
c. Last word of title

2. No. of letters
a. Articles with less than 5 letters
b. Prepositions with less than 5 letters
c. Conjunctions with less than 5 letters

3. Position of word
With three being in the middle of a title

If someone wants to make a venn diagram then he/she can take 'type of word', 'no. of letters' and 'position of word'.

Answer B.

AshwinChadha · Answer

The key for inference is to remember the main rule that something that we are required to 'infer' means it is not explicitly stated in the statement.

While the other points may be correct, those are given facts as per the statement and not inferences. 
Option B is an inference because it doesn't explicitly state that fact, but doing the English math suggests that it would be accurate and true.

Also, an inference is neither an assumption.

These are basically notes to self, that I used to make mistakes with and thought maybe it could help someone else if they were still confused as to why maybe option D or E may not be correct.

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