@AlizaGGG love this example, ty! diagrammed it for anyone that finds visual learning helpful

@susanatovar This is really helpful, the only thing is that at the bottom, when you write

lawyer ‑m→smart→enjoy coffee

... I believe it actually leads to MOST lawyers enjoy coffee, not just some lawyers enjoy coffee (ofc tho, some is contained within most).

"Most before all":

Premise: A —m→ B → C

Conclusion: A —m→ C)

I stumbled on this too!

Here's what I think: Because we start with a dependent clause ("when politicians resort to personal attacks"), our attention is drawn to "personal attacks". In the following independent clause ("many editorialists criticize these attacks but most voters pay them scant attention") the two subjects "many editorialists" and "most voters" occupy an equal position, which means "personal attacks" from the dependent clause carries over and applies to both.