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conditional logic words

by tswiftforever Tue Nov 26, 2013 9:24 pm

I'm curious about the usage of the following words:
"any" or "anytime" or "anyone"
"routinely"
"occasionally"
"often"

What are they in comparison to sometimes/many (those two are the same thing right?), never, all, or most?

Would "any" automatically imply some and most? Would "routinely" automatically imply sometimes but not most times?

Such as: Anytime he goes to the supermarket, he buys fruit.
s-->bf
Anytime he plays the piano, he plays it for his friend.
pp--> f
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Re: conditional logic words

by tommywallach Wed Nov 27, 2013 12:57 am

I'm curious about the usage of the following words:
"any" or "anytime" or "anyone"
"routinely"
"occasionally"
"often"

"Any" doesn't inherently mean anything. It depends what comes after. Same goes for all the any words:

Anyone who eats food will get fat. (causal)
Anyone who eats food is likely to have a problem with eating. (not causal)

"Occasionally" means "infrequently," so less than 50% of the time I'd feel confident with.

"Often" means nothing at all.

"Routinely" means nothing.

Feel free to ask individual question. I wouldn't stress overly much about translating words directly unless they are the classics (always, never, every, etc.).

Hope that helps!

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Tommy Wallach
Manhattan LSAT Instructor
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