Drill 129: How to approach this exercise?

[JenniferK632]

When I first tried this exercise with my intuition, I got many of these wrong. Then, I tried them with with "could - list" and "list - could" rules, and got them all correct.

I normally don't have a problem with these kind of list problems on the LG section, and it made me wonder what I was missing here. Is it possible that I rely on the context of the problem to answer questions, and that's why I can't properly identify the scope of these questions without their context? Would you be able to better explain the general could/list rule? Thanks!

[smiller]

As you noted, in an actual game it's often possible to understand these questions correctly based on the context of the question. The "could-list" vs. "list-could" rule is good to keep in mind in case you run into a question and aren't sure of what it's asking.

If you were able to answer all of the questions in the drill correctly, that's excellent. It shows that you understand how the rule works. When working on an actual LG question, if you're confident that you understand it without applying the rule then go ahead and answer based on your understanding. It might be pretty rare to find a question that you can't answer this way. But if you need extra help understanding what a question is asking, apply the rule.

Does that help?