Self-study
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Summary
The author concludes that a professional tailor always alters a pattern to fit the wearer. Why? Because any tailor always alters a pattern to fit the wearer, unless the wearer’s measurements already match the pattern to begin with.
Note that the first sentence provides no support for the conclusion.
Missing Connection
The conclusion is about professional tailors, but the premise refers only to tailors more broadly.
11.
The conclusion follows logically if █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ██ ████████
a
Most manufactured patterns ██ ███ ███████ ███████████ ███ ██████ ██████████ ██ ███████ ████ ██████ ██ ████████
This says nothing about professional tailors and so can’t help us reach the conclusion. Also, fabric distortion is irrelevant. The argument is focused solely on how tailors change patterns to fit the wearer. Nothing in the stimulus suggests fabric distortion has any part in that.
b
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Too weak. The fact that some professional tailors sometimes adjust the pattern to fit the wearer isn’t enough to reach the conclusion that all professional tailors always adjust the pattern. Also, note that any details about adjusting fabrics are irrelevant to the argument.
c
The best tailors ███ █████ ████ ████ ██ █████ ████████ ██ ███ ███ ██████ ████████
This refers to the best tailors, but the conclusion is about professional tailors. Because (C) tells us nothing about professional tailors, it can’t help us reach the conclusion.
d
All professional tailors ███ ████ ███ ██████ █████ ████████████ ██ ███ ███████ █████ █████ ██████ █████████
We know from the argument’s premise that if a person’s measurements do not exactly match the chosen pattern, a tailor will always alter the pattern. (D) adds that professional tailors always sew for such people. So professional tailors always alter the pattern.
e
A professional tailor ███ ██████ ████████ ███████ ███ ████ █ ██████ ████ ██████ ██ ████████
Fabric distortion is a red herring—it’s irrelevant to the argument. The argument is focused solely on how tailors change patterns to fit the wearer. Nothing in the stimulus suggests fabric distortion has any part in that.