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Sufficient and Necessary Diagraming Drill 2-37 #18

General questions relating to LSAT Logical Reasoning.
 rameday
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-  Tue Jul 01, 2014 5:42 pm #15155
Similar to question 3, I had a tough time figuring out. I saw in the answer that "none but" is identical in meaning to only, so therefore is none but a necessary condition indicator word just like only?

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 KelseyWoods
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-  Tue Jul 01, 2014 7:13 pm #15163
Hi A!

Yes, you can think of "none but" as being equivalent to "only" and therefore being a necessary indicator. When you're unsure about the indicator language, focus on the relationship and think through the meaning. What does "none but" mean? That no one but the proud are arrogant. Another way to say that is no one is arrogant except for the proud. Which means that the only ones who are proud are the arrogant. So if you're arrogant, you must be proud.

Hope this helps!

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Kelsey
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