Math Stratergy doubt

GRE Verbal Problem Solving
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Any language is a conspiracy against experience in the sense it is a collective attempt to _____ experience by reducing it into discrete parcels.

a. Extrapolate b. transcribe c. complicate d. amplify e. manage

i was going through the old gre test walk throughs of 2 month plan and greg solved the above question using the math strategy by taking (by) as the dividing word but i took that as dividing and reached the option c complicated where as greg choose manage could someone help me with the reasoning behind ignoring that as division word?

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as “by” is acting as support
and “reducing it into discrete parcels” means i think making it easier
think as if you are solving a maths problem, and you reduce the problem into steps.
so you are making it easier.

so “A” is Oppposing, “B” No Evidence, “C” is Opposing, “D” is No Evidence

so E is an anwser.

Please do correct me incase i am wrong.

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Any language is a conspiracy against experience in the sense that it is a collective attempt to _____ experience by reducing it into discrete parcels.

lets say we choose that as our dividing word to the left it says conspiracy against experience which is a -ve so the blank should be -ve, but if we choose by as our dividing word to the right is reduce into discrete parcels which is a +ve so the blank should be +ve shouldn’t both paths lead me to the same connotation of option where am I going wrong?

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Any language is a conspiracy against experience in the sense that it is a collective attempt to _____ experience by reducing it into discrete parcels.

I think at first “against” is acting as a contrast, so before against till conspiracy the idea is -ve, so after against the should be +ve and “that” is acting as a support so after “that” the idea is +ve.

Correct me if I am wrong

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Yeh this makes sense could you pls help me with 2 more things

  1. How did you identify against as a diving word( it isn’t present in support/ contrast list)
  2. What are the ideas to the the dividing word against and that and also how do I choose the correct dividing word
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cool!
Anwser 1 :- As greg have told in his many video’s that the list is not comprehensive, though the list do cover majority of words,phrases and punctuations. The way i identify against is, greg have told that in most of the cases the question will provide you 2 clues or 2 ways through which you can confirm that you are on a right path. So as your question was totally valid, i came across against and did learn the working of against through google, got to know that against is used as a contrast many a times.

Watch this video for more clarity :- More than One Shot - GregMat

Anwser 2 :- [Any language is a conspiracy] against [experience in the sense] that [it is a collective attempt to _____ experience] by [reducing it into discrete parcels.]

against = -ve
that = +ve
by = +ve

so the 2 ways to solve this question is either through against or thorugh by.

how do I choose the correct dividing word :- just follow the Greg List and try dividing the ideas, try to solve the questions through only strategies.

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