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    ajsanducci217
    Wednesday, Jul 12 2023

    #help

    I thought "but" meant anything before is context and anything after is an argument. So, if "but these people are mistaken." is the conclusion where is the premises?

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    marine4life6798246
    Tuesday, Oct 24 2017

    Look at the first sentence of the stimulus. It says;

    Some residents of Midville claim that Midville is generally more expensive to live in than nearby towns, but these people are mistaken.

    This also happens to be the conclusion of the entire argument, more specifically the part that says;

    "but these people are mistaken."

    Okay....so if my conclusion is "these people are mistaken." We need to know who "these people" are. In this case "these people" is referential phrasing that points to "some residents of Midville that claim it is more expensive to live in Midville than in nearby towns".

    So if I am saying that some residents are mistaken that it is more expensive to live in Midville than in nearby towns, what am I saying?

    I am saying that Midville is typically NOT more expensive to live in than nearby towns.

    I am denying what the "some residents of Midville" are saying.

    So esentailly;

    "These people are mistaken" = "Midville is generally no more expensive to live in than nearby towns are"

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