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'may be' , 'tend to'

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by ankur@gmat » Sun Jul 31, 2011 10:29 pm
Does presence of 'may be' or 'tend to' signals whether it is a weak answer option, particularly to 'weaken/strengthen' questions[/spoiler]
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by VivianKerr » Mon Aug 01, 2011 6:28 am
That's a good question. I have not noticed certain keywords appearing more frequently in correct answer choices for those type of questions. I don't think there's a shortcut for weaken/strengthen other than understanding the necessary assumptions.
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by ankur@gmat » Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:53 am
Thanks..
I take it this way when I see these kinds of words in the options-->
may be--> probability of that condition to happen is 50-50 and hence it is inconclusive.. Thus we can not say anything conclusive about that statement..
tend to--> If any of the option says 'CONDITION X tends to happen when......***'. In these kinds of cases, We cannot conclusively assume whether condition X will happen..

These keywords sometimes confuse me...

Any Suggestions or strategies, Viviankerr..
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