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SDCAR2010【逻辑入门】(十五)More on Negation

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发表于 2011-8-17 10:48:33 | 只看该作者 回帖奖励 |倒序浏览 |阅读模式
Necessary assumption. Usenegation. I said these two sentences hundreds of times here. If you master thetechnique of negation, you should be able to solve the necessary assumptionproblems easily and pass GMAT with flying colors.

When you negate an answer, just negate it. Try not to turn it into itsopposite. Also, negate either the verb or the quantity, but not both.

To negate an if-thenstatement, negate ONLY the then clause.So "if A, then B" would become "if A, then not B"


Quantitites                                |  Negation
all, any,each, every, always          |  not all, some arenot
most,majority                             |  not most
usually,likely                                |  not usually, not likely
some,many, few                         |  none
sometimes,often, rarely                | never
only one,only once                     |  more than one, none (That's right. Not one = none or more thanone)
exactlytwo                                  |  one, more than two,none (similar to the reason listed above)
no, none                                     |  some


Verbs                                          | Negation
will                                                |  might, might not(Another case of paradox!)
can,could                                     |  cannot
there is,there are                          |  there is not, there are not

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沙发
发表于 2011-8-17 19:01:23 | 只看该作者
Thanks for the new chapter. Really leartned a lot from the series. Thanks a lot!
Anything new for future?
板凳
发表于 2011-8-18 15:30:42 | 只看该作者
Cool ~ 终于更新了。支持。
地板
发表于 2011-8-19 10:10:04 | 只看该作者
really helpful~!!!
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发表于 2011-8-19 10:16:52 | 只看该作者
I'm quite confused about the 'most, majority    |  not most'
In your previous post, you've mentioned that most meant more than half or all.
is that 'not most' means "less than half or none"?
Hope you can answer my question, thanks in advance.
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 楼主| 发表于 2011-8-19 10:36:20 | 只看该作者
I'm quite confused about the 'most, majority    |  not most'
In your previous post, you've mentioned that most meant more than half or all.
is that 'not most' means "less than half or none"?
Hope you can answer my question, thanks in advance.
-- by 会员 mia113 (2011/8/19 10:16:52)



Yes, your understanding is correct.
7#
发表于 2011-8-22 23:07:16 | 只看该作者
大人,膜拜你啊~~~~期待下文,您太伟大了!!!!!!!!!!!
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发表于 2011-9-1 17:15:29 | 只看该作者
dear SDCAR~
I'm rather confused by this negation

Verbs                                             | Negation
will                                                  |  might, might not (Another case of paradox!)

Why the negtion of "will" is "might" and "might not" but not "will not".

Thank you!!!
9#
发表于 2011-9-4 11:36:17 | 只看该作者
亲爱的楼主~~还有更新么?!
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 楼主| 发表于 2011-9-4 11:56:49 | 只看该作者
Here, we are talking about logical opposite vs. polar opposite. Will not is the polar opposite of will. "Will" mean definitely YES and inevitably YES! "Will not" means defintely NO and inevitably NO. However, in CR we are talking about LOGICAL opposite. Might and Might not means NOT definitely YES, not certain.

dear SDCAR~
I'm rather confused by this negation

Verbs                                             | Negation
will                                                  |  might, might not (Another case of paradox!)

Why the negtion of "will" is "might" and "might not" but not "will not".

Thank you!!!
-- by 会员 sandychen168 (2011/9/1 17:15:29)

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