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The argument proceeds by presenting a decision that someone wants to make (the decision not to improve an apartment complex). It then presents a potential overlooked benefit to making the opposite decision (improving the complex), and prescriptively concludes that the owners should make that decision instead.
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(A) proceeds by presenting a decision that someone wants to make (the decision not to get knee surgery). It then presents a potential overlooked benefit to making the opposite decision (getting the surgery), and prescriptively concludes that John should make that decision instead.
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Mismatched premises and conclusion. This presents a decision that was already made, and then judges the value of that decision. The stimulus, meanwhile, presents a decision that is yet to be made, with a prescriptive conclusion on what to decide.
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(C) does feature a prescriptive conclusion and a decision to be made, but it does not indicate what Max is leaning towards. (C) also only gives the potential downside of a ruined engine instead of any potential benefits. The stimulus, meanwhile, features a decision that somebody already wants to make, with overlooked benefits to making a different decision.
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Mismatched premises and conclusion. (D) has a decision that was already made and a causal conclusion. The stimulus, meanwhile, presents a decision that is yet to be made, with a prescriptive conclusion on what to decide.
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Mismatched premises. (E) has a decision that a company wants to make, with the argument supporting this decision. The stimulus, on the other hand, gives an argument against someone’s decision.
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