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Veterinarian: A disease of purebred racehorses that is caused by a genetic defect prevents afflicted horses from racing and can cause paralysis and death. ████ █████ ████████ ████████ ████ ███████ ███ ███████ ███ ████ ████ ███████ █████████████ ██████ ████ ████ ██████ ██████ ███ ██ █████ ███ ████ ███ █████ ████████ ██ ████ ██████ ███ ████████ ██ ███ ███████ ███ ██ ██████████ ██ ████ ███ ███████████ ███ ███ ██████ ████ ████████ ██████ ██ ███████ ██████ ████ ███ ██ █████ ██████ ██ ███ █████ ████ █████████
Argument Structure
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Disease Shmisease
Here's a summary laying out the argument's structure:
Everyone acknowledges: This genetic defect causes a really bad disease. It stops horses from racing and sometimes kills them.
Breeders conclusion: We shouldn't breed the horses.
Vet conclusion: Actually we should breed the horses.
Vet's support: Diet helps moderate the symptoms, and the defect also makes pretty horses!
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a
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(A) expresses the main point inaccurately. It reads great up until the word racing. Swap “racing” to “breeding” and (A) is right.
b
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(B) matches our anticipation well. If the horse breeders are wrong when they say horses with the generic defect should not be bred, that means it’s sometimes okay to breed horses with the genetic defect.
c
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(C) inaccurately expresses a premise. You should probably spot the premise thing first – the vet’s claim about diet and whatnot acts as support for the conclusion.
But it’s inaccurate, too, because it’s so strongly worded: diet can control the disease in most cases, not all cases.
d
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(D) inaccurately expresses a premise. You should probably spot the premise thing first – the vet’s claim about beauty and whatnot acts as support for the conclusion.
But it’s inaccurate, too, because of the part about how the best way to produce beautiful horses is through the defect. That “best” notion isn’t supported by the stimulus.
e
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(E) expresses the main point inaccurately. It reads great except for the phrase any disease, which creates a broad principle applying to diseases in general. The vet’s argument is just about this one disease.