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Hello everyone,
I have some thoughts on CR. in must be true/inference questions i see a lot of wrong answers that are predictions (answers that use future tense).
can I make it a general rule to eliminate any answer choice with future tense in CR inference questions?
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Hi sherxon.

In some cases, a prediction could be supported by the statements in the passage of an Inference question

So, it's not a safe strategy to simply eliminate any future tense choice in an Inference question.
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Hi sherxon.

In some cases, a prediction could be supported by the statements in the passage of an Inference question

So, it's not a safe strategy to simply eliminate any future tense choice in an Inference question.
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Thanks MartyTargetTestPrep.
I exhausted almost all the official questions, but I do not remember a correct answer choice that contains prediction. But I may be wrong. If possible can you point out to specific questions, not necessarily official?
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Thanks MartyTargetTestPrep.
I exhausted almost all the official questions, but I do not remember a correct answer choice that contains prediction. But I may be wrong. If possible can you point out to specific questions, not necessarily official?
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None are coming to mind, but here's the thing.

In preparing for the GMAT, we have to be careful not to prepare for only what the GMAT has done in the past, and we have to prepare instead for anything we may see on test day.

So, since it's possible that the correct answer to an Inference question we see on test day will be a prediction, the move is to find better reasons to eliminate choices, ones that will work for sure, no matter what we see on test day.

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