Self-study
Software reviewer: Dictation software allows a computer to produce a written version of sentences that are spoken to it. ████████ █████████ ████████ ███ ████ ████████ ██ █ ████████████ ██████████ ██ █████ ██ ████ ██ ██ ███ ████████ ███ █████████ ████ ██ ███████ ██ ██ ███ ████████ ███ ███ ████████ ███ ██ ███ ███████ ███ ████████████ ███ ██████████ ████████████ ██████ █████████ █████████ ███ ████ █████ ██ ███████
Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
Dictation software, which allows computers to transcribe spoken sentences, is advertised as a labor-saving invention, but it fails to live up to this promise. The most labor-intensive part of writing is thinking and editing, not typing. Furthermore, the time spent double-checking the dictation software outweighs the time saved by not typing it.
Identify Argument Part
This is the main conclusion of the argument
16.
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a
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Although this is the main conclusion, there are no other conclusions in this argument. All of the premises support this statement.
b
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This is the main (and only) conclusion. All of the premises support the conclusion that dictation software does not save time when working.
c
It is an ████████████ ██████████ ████ ██ ███████ ██ ██████ ███████ ███ ███ ██████████ ████ ███████████
This is the only conclusion in the argument. It is also not an intermediate conclusion because it does not give support to another conclusion (because it is the only one)
d
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This is not a premise; it does not support any conclusion. This statement only receives support, making it the argument’s main conclusion.
e
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This is not a premise; this is the argument's main (and only) conclusion. It does not give any support, so it cannot be a premise.