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Advertisement: Support The Country Classic is the only kind of car in its class that offers an antilock braking system that includes TrackAid. ██ ████████ ███████ ██████ █████ ████ ██████ ████ ███████ ██ ██████ ████ ████████ ███ ████████ █████ ████ ████ ██████ ████ ████████ ██ ████████ █████████ ██ ██ ███ ███ █ ████████████████ ██████ ██ ███ ██████ ███ █ ███ ██ ████ ██████ ███ ███████ ███████ ██ ███ ████ ███ ███ ████
Summarize Argument
The advertisement says that the Country Classic is the preferable car in its class for safety-conscious consumers. This is because it has an antilock braking system that includes TrackAid. These safety features help when hard braking and driving on slippery sufaces, respectively.
Notable Assumptions
The advertisement says that having TrackAid in addition to an antilock braking system makes Country Classic safer than other cars in its class—by saying this, it implies that other cars lack alternatives to TrackAid that equally increase safety.
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a
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This does not affect the advertisement. The advertisement does not claim that others cars lack an antilock braking system—it claims that other cars lack an antilock braking system that includes TrackAid.
b
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This does not affect the advertisement. The same company can manufacture cars with different features and systems.
c
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This does not affect the advertisement. It discusses cars that lack an antilock braking system, whereas we know that the Country Classic does have this feature, which is part of what purportedly makes it safer than other cars.
d
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This weakens the advertisement. It attacks its assumption that TrackAid is the only way to prevent rear wheels from spinning on slippery surfaces: if other cars have an equally safe alternative method of prevention, they could be just as safe as the Country Classic.
e
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This does not affect the advertisement, which discusses safety, not price.