PT126.S1.Q1

PrepTest 126 - Section 1 - Question 1

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The editor of a magazine has pointed out several errors of spelling and grammar committed on a recent TV program. ███ ███ ███ ██████ ██ ███████ ██ ████ ████████ ██ ████ ████████ ███████ ██████ ████ ████ █████ ██ ███ ███ █████████

Method of Reasoning

Because a magazine has at times made spelling and grammar errors, this argument concludes that the magazine’s editor cannot be trusted to pass judgement on spelling and grammar errors committed on a TV program.

Identify and Describe Flaw

A person can judge others’ mistakes even if she herself has made or overlooked similar mistakes! In fact, if the editor has learned from and studied her magazine’s past errors, she might be a very good judge of the TV program’s mistakes.

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1.

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a

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b

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c

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d

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e

Your teen magazine ██████ ███ ███ ████ ███████ ██ ████████ ██████████ ██████ ████ ████████ ████ ███████ ███████ ██ ███ ██████████ ███ ████ ██████ █████████

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