Support A recently passed law requires all places of public accommodation to eliminate discrimination against persons with disabilities by removing all physical barriers to accessibility. ███████ ████████ ██████████ ███ ███████ █████████ ██ ████ █████ ████████ ██████████ ██████████ ██ ███████ ████ █████████████
Here’s a plain-English summary of the argument:
Premise: If you’re a place of public accommodation, you gotta [build ramps and such*].
(Assumption goes here)
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Conclusion: Private schools are gonna have to [build ramps and such*].
*Note that the summary treats
Sufficient assumption questions (see “follows logically if”) present us with an argument that has a gap somewhere and ask us to completely fill the gap. The correct answer will add a piece of information that, when combined with the premise we already have, guarantees the conclusion is true.
The assumption here is straightforward enough that you should aspire to put it in your own words up front:
The author assumes this law applies to private schools for some reason.
The premise tells us the law applies to all places of public accommodation, so if we establish that private schools fall into that category, the law will apply to them.
Analysis by MichaelWright
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